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The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (reporting mark BRC), headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway (the BRC's north-south main line's northern terminus is, like the Indiana Harbor Belt, the Milwaukee District West Line in Chicago's Cragin neighborhood), CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad — each of which uses the switching and interchange facilities of the BRC. Owner lines and other railroads bring their trains to the Belt Railway to be separated, classified, and re-blocked into new trains for departure. The BRC also provides rail terminal services to approximately 100 local manufacturing

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  • Die Belt Railway Company of Chicago (Abkürzung: BRC, übersetzt: Gürteleisenbahn-Gesellschaft von Chicago) ist die größte Rangiereisenbahngesellschaft der USA. Sie betreibt eine Strecke von 45 km, sowie Gleisanlagen von insgesamt 885 km überwiegend als Umgehungsbahn in und um Chicago. Der Rangierbahnhof Clearing Yard hat eine Länge von 9 km und nimmt eine Fläche von 318 ha ein. Er ist zweiseitig und in beiden Richtungen mit Gleisbremsen ausgerüstet, seine Richtungsharfen haben in Richtung Westen 36 und in Richtung Osten 56 Gleise. Die Gesellschaft hat 520 Beschäftigte und bewegt jeden Tag rund 8.400 Güterwagen. Außerdem stellt die BRC die Anschlüsse zu rund 100 Industriebetrieben her. (de)
  • The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (reporting mark BRC), headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway (the BRC's north-south main line's northern terminus is, like the Indiana Harbor Belt, the Milwaukee District West Line in Chicago's Cragin neighborhood), CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad — each of which uses the switching and interchange facilities of the BRC. Owner lines and other railroads bring their trains to the Belt Railway to be separated, classified, and re-blocked into new trains for departure. The BRC also provides rail terminal services to approximately 100 local manufacturing industries. The company employs about 440 people, including its own police force. (en)
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  • Belt Railway ALCO Century 424 #602 locomotive in 1968. (en)
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  • Die Belt Railway Company of Chicago (Abkürzung: BRC, übersetzt: Gürteleisenbahn-Gesellschaft von Chicago) ist die größte Rangiereisenbahngesellschaft der USA. Sie betreibt eine Strecke von 45 km, sowie Gleisanlagen von insgesamt 885 km überwiegend als Umgehungsbahn in und um Chicago. Der Rangierbahnhof Clearing Yard hat eine Länge von 9 km und nimmt eine Fläche von 318 ha ein. Er ist zweiseitig und in beiden Richtungen mit Gleisbremsen ausgerüstet, seine Richtungsharfen haben in Richtung Westen 36 und in Richtung Osten 56 Gleise. Die Gesellschaft hat 520 Beschäftigte und bewegt jeden Tag rund 8.400 Güterwagen. Außerdem stellt die BRC die Anschlüsse zu rund 100 Industriebetrieben her. (de)
  • The Belt Railway Company of Chicago (reporting mark BRC), headquartered in Bedford Park, IL, is the largest switching terminal railroad in the United States. It is co-owned by six Class I railroads — BNSF Railway, Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway (the BRC's north-south main line's northern terminus is, like the Indiana Harbor Belt, the Milwaukee District West Line in Chicago's Cragin neighborhood), CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad — each of which uses the switching and interchange facilities of the BRC. Owner lines and other railroads bring their trains to the Belt Railway to be separated, classified, and re-blocked into new trains for departure. The BRC also provides rail terminal services to approximately 100 local manufacturing (en)
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  • Belt Railway of Chicago (de)
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