Belt Railway of Chicago

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (abbreviation: BRC, translated: Belt Railway Company of Chicago ) is the largest Rangiereisenbahngesellschaft the United States. It runs for a distance of 45 km, as well as track and equipment totaling 885 km mainly as a bypass track in and around Chicago. The marshalling yard clearing yards has a length of 9 km and occupies an area of ​​318 ha. He is two-sided and equipped in both directions with track brakes, its direction harps have towards the west 36 and eastbound 56 tracks. The company has 520 employees and moved each day about 8,400 freight cars. In addition, the BRC connections to around 100 industrial enterprises ago.

History

Since 1882 the Belt Railway Company of Chicago is an integral part of the railroads in the Chicago area. The idea for the foundation was in the late 1870s, John B. Brown. Brown founded the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, the parent company of the later BRC. Within four years, was created by the construction of various railway lines, the " Belt Line ", in the city joined all major railroads with each other. Furthermore, the industrial plants in South Chicago and Calumet were connected. Then the lease of the Company was carried out by five railway companies ( Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway, Chicago and Atlantic Railway; Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad, Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway and Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway ).

With the growth of the BRC Chicago grew. It high routes and other facilities have been created to meet the increasing transport needs. But soon even these were not sufficient and the Belt Railway began with reflections on the construction of bigger marshalling yards outside the city limits. As a result of this decision in 1912 participated in the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railway; Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Illinois Central Railroad; Chicago, rock Iceland and Pacific Railroad; Pennsylvania Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the company. In 1924 came nor the Pere Marquette Railway to do so.

Because of bankruptcies and mergers today the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad are the owner of the Belt Railway Company of Chicago.

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