Portec Rail Products, Inc. engages in the manufacture, supply, and distribution of various rail products in the United States and internationally. It operates in four divisions: Railway Maintenance Products (RMP), Shipping Systems, Portec Rail Nova Scotia Company (Canada), and Portec Rail Products (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom). The RMP division provides track component, and friction management products and services to railroads, transit systems, and railroad contractors; and railway wayside detection and operating asset data management systems. Its track component products include standard and insulated rail joints, gauge plates, and curve blocks; and friction modifiers. This division also distributes and resells purchased track components and lubricants manufactured by third parties. The Shipping Systems division engineers and sells load securement systems and related products to the railroad freight car market. Its customers include railroads, railcar builders, railcar repair shops, and railcar lessors. The Canada division manufactures rail anchors and rail spikes, and assembles friction management products primarily for Canadian railroads. It also designs, manufactures, and sells friction management products. In addition, this division manufactures stick lubrication and application systems; and Keltrack, a liquid friction modifier. The United Kingdom division offers friction management and track component products and services to the United Kingdom passenger rail network. It also designs, manufactures, and sells material handling equipment, such as overhead and floor conveyors, expandable boom conveyors, racking systems, and mezzanine flooring systems primarily used in manufacturing, distribution, garment, and food industries. Portec Rail Products markets its products directly, as well as through a third party sales representatives, agents, and distributors. Portec Rail Products, Inc. was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

May trucking? Yes, and in April, June, and the other months of the year, as well. Truckload carrier May Trucking hauls dry freight in about a dozen western states and transports refrigerated cargo throughout the US. The company operates a fleet of more than 900 tractors from terminals in Arizona, Colorado, California, Florida, Idaho, Oregon, and Utah. In addition to for-hire freight transportation, the company provides dedicated contract carriage, in which drivers and equipment are assigned to a customer long-term. May Trucking was founded in 1945; originally, the company's business consisted of hauling sacks of cement to construction sites.

Cassens will be happy to transport your car, sell you a car, or insure your car -- Cassens company operates a car-hauling business, a car dealership, and an insurance agency. Cassens Transport, the company's largest venture, delivers new vehicles from manufacturers to dealerships. It operates a fleet of about 1,300 tractor-trailer rigs from terminals in 10 US states and in four Canadian cities. Cassens' car dealership, Cassens & Sons, sells Chrysler vehicles in Glen Carbon, Illinois. Cassens Insurance Agency sells auto, home, and other policies in Edwardsville, Illinois.

The prospect of moving freight is what makes this Panther pounce. Panther Expedited Services arranges the ground, air, and ocean transportation of time-sensitive cargo, primarily for companies in the automotive and other manufacturing industries but also for government agencies and for other transportation companies. The company transports its more than 10,000 customers' freight globally through a network of almost 1,100 owner-operated vehicles, 1,600 third-party ground-carriers, and an additional 500 ocean and air cargo carriers. It also offers warehousing and logistics services. Private equity firm Fenway Partners owns a controlling stake in the company. In mid-2010 Panther filed to go public.

FreeSeas Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an international dry bulk shipping company. The company transports various dry bulk commodities, including coal, grains, and iron ore, as well as bauxite, phosphate, fertilizers, steel products, sugar, and rice worldwide. As of December 31, 2008, its fleet consisted of seven Handysize vessels and two Handymax vessels. FreeSeas Inc. was founded in 2004 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.

The Washington Companies are a group of individual companies in which Montana businessman Dennis R. Washington owns or controls a majority position. Each company displays a unique entrepreneurial spirit that is individually cultured and managed by professional management teams, and guided by separate boards of directors. All of the companies are privately held and collectively generate annual revenues approaching $2 Billion US. The Washington Companies are headquartered throughout the United States and western Canada and conduct business internationally.The Washington Companies' core endeavors are: rail transportation, marine transportation, environmental remediation, restoration and construction, mining, heavy equipment sales and service, aviation technology, and real estate development. Together, The Washington Companies share a commitment to ethical conduct, a commitment to excellence and a strong sense of corporate citizenship. Their affiliation gives them the ability to interconnect and combine resources and remain highly competitive. The individual success of each Company also empowers a strong sense of social responsibility, realized through corporate charitable activities and programs funded by the Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation.

Not only do the trucking subsidiaries of The Kenan Advantage Group (KAG) burn diesel fuel, but they also haul it. The group transports gasoline, diesel fuel, other petroleum and petrochemical products, and food throughout the US. The company operates a fleet of some 3,300 tractors and 4,300 tank trailers from a network of about 100 terminals in more than 35 states, mainly in the eastern half of the US. Customers include major oil companies and other petroleum marketers, along with food manufacturers. In addition to trucking, KAG provides fuel-related logistics services. Investment firm Littlejohn & Co. owns the company.

Federal employees and tourists who might otherwise have to bring their cars into downtown Washington, DC, can thank the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority for saving them stress and shoeleather. The Metro provides rail and bus transportation services throughout the nation's capital and in its Maryland and Virginia suburbs, a 1,500-sq.-mi. area -- the second largest rail transit system and sixth largest bus network in the US. Overall, passengers take about 350 million rail and bus trips on the Metro annually. The agency's rail system includes about 85 stations served by more than 105 miles of track, both underground and aboveground. Metro operates a fleet of more than 1,500 buses.

Established in 1978, the company is owned by the Canadian government. In Canada, you can get where you're going via rail. VIA Rail Canada is Canada's national passenger rail service. The company operates some 500 trains weekly and carries about 4 million passengers a year. Its tracks span more than 12,500 km (7,760 miles) from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay. With a fleet of about 80 locomotives and 400 passenger cars, the company serves more than 450 communities. VIA Rail offers travel packages aimed at domestic and foreign tourists, along with basic intercity transportation.

FNM operates more than 300 km of railways connecting Milan with other northern provinces. The company provides both passenger (rail and bus) and freight transportation services throughout Italy's northernmost Lombardy region. It carries about 60 million passengers a year. FNM also has operations in energy with Azienda Elettrica Ticinese (Nord Energia), communications with Telecom Italia (NordCom), and alternative transportation with car rental and electric vehicle companies. The Lombardy regional government owns a little more than half of FNM, which began operations in 1877; originally Ferrovie Nord Milano, it changed its name to FNM in 2006.

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