Amerykańscy przewoźnicy kolejowi

Kadee

Na początek witam wszystkich zainteresowanych, tym bądź co bądź egzotycznym w naszym kraju zagadnieniem.
Właściwie dobrze, że tematowi poświęcono osobny dział, bo sprawa jest zawiła i obszerna. Kolejne informacje dotyczące amerykańskich towarzystw kolejowych będą musiały pojawiać się powoli, krok po kroku. Ogarnięcie tego w szybki i prosty sposób nie jest poprostu możliwe. Od początku historii kolejnictwa w U.S.A. ich liczba idzie w grube setki. W wyniku rozlicznych mariaży obecnie na terenie Stanów operuje siedem głównych korporacji jeśli chodzi o przewozy towarowe (Class I Railroads).

Są to:

- BNSF
- CSX
- GRANDT TRUNK CORPORATION/CN
- KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
- SOO LINE RAILROAD/CP
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

Pomijając oczywiście koleje II i III klasy, "short lines" itp., było ich niegdyś mniej więcej tyle:

- Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad
- Alton Railroad
- Ann Arbor Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
- Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railway
- Atlanta and West Point Rail Road
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
- Atlantic and Danville Railway
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
- Bangor and Aroostook Railroad
- Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway
- Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Burlington Northern Railroad
- Burlington-Rock Island Railroad
- Cambria and Indiana Railroad
- Central of Georgia Railroad
- Central Railroad of New Jersey
- Central Railroad of Pennsylvania
- Central Vermont Railway
- Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
- Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
- Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
- Chicago Great Western Railway
- Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
- Chicago and North Western Railway
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
- Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
- Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway
- Clinchfield Railroad
- Colorado and Southern Railway
- Colorado and Wyoming Railway
- Columbus and Greenville Railway
- Conrail
- Delaware and Hudson Railway
- Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
- Denver and Salt Lake Railway
- Detroit and Mackinac Railway
- Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad
- Detroit and Toledo Shore Line Railroad
- Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway
- Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway
- Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
- Erie Railroad
- Erie Lackawanna Railway
- Florida East Coast Railway
- Fort Worth and Denver Railway
- Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
- Georgia and Florida Railroad
- Georgia Southern and Florida Railway
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad
- Great Northern Railway
- Green Bay and Western Railroad
- Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
- Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
- Illinois Central Railroad
- Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
- Illinois Terminal Railroad
- International-Great Northern Railroad
- Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway
- Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad
- Lehigh and Hudson River Railway
- Lehigh and New England Railroad
- Lehigh Valley Railroad
- Long Island Rail Road
- Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
- Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad
- Maine Central Railroad
- Midland Valley Railroad
- Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
- Mississippi Central Railroad
- Missouri-Illinois Railroad
- Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
- Missouri Pacific Railroad
- Monon Railroad
- Monongahela Railway
- Montour Railroad
- Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway
- New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad
- New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway
- New York Central Railroad
- New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
- New York Connecting Railroad
- New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
- New York, Ontario and Western Railway
- New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
- Norfolk and Western Railway
- Northern Pacific Railway
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad
- Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway
- Oregon Electric Railway
- Oregon Trunk Railway
- Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
- Penn Central Transportation
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines
- Pere Marquette Railway
- Piedmont & Northern Railway
- Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
- Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad
- Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
- Reading Company
- Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
- Rutland Railroad
- Sacramento Northern Railway
- St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway
- St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway
- San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
- Seaboard System Railroad
- Spokane International Railroad
- Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway
- Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway
- Southern Railway
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Railway
- Tennessee Central Railway
- Texas Mexican Railway
- Texas and New Orleans Railroad
- Texas and Northern Railway
- Texas and Pacific Railway
- Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
- Virginian Railway
- Wabash Railroad
- Western Railway of Alabama
- Western Maryland Railway
- Western Pacific Railroad
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway
- Wisconsin Central Railway
- Wisconsin Central Limited
- Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad

W powyższym zestawieniu ujęte są również spółki powstałe z połączenia przewoźników widniejących w różnych miejscach tej samej listy np: Burlington Northern (BN) powstało z Great Northern (GN) + Northern Pacific (NP) + Chicago, Burlington and Quincy (CBQ) + Spokane, Portland and Seattle (SPS). Co w połączeniu z Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) dało dzisiejszego "giganta" BNSF.

Mniej więcej tak wygląda ogólnikowe wprowadzenie do tematu. Mam link do strony z wykresami pokazującymi proces konsolidacji poszczególnych spółek, oraz link do strony z alfabetyczną listą tak zwanych "fallen flags" czyli spółek które z różnych przyczyn zniknęły z rynku. Ale ponieważ to mój pierwszy post, nie mogę ich na razie opulikować ze względu na barierę antyspamową

P.S. Moja ulubiona to ATSF (potocznie - Santa Fe). Kolekcjonuję modele ich wagonów towarowych z lat pięćdziesiątych. Zapewne niedługo pojawią się w kolekcji także lokomotywy.

Pozdrawiam, Andrzej