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The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad connects with 6 larger railroads, also known as Class 1s*. These railroads service all of North America with a collective network totalling 132,000 miles. The easiest way to classify the six is by dividing them into their service areas as it relates to New Orleans and the Mississippi River.
THE EAST
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) - 22,000-mile network serving Northeast, Southeast, and Midwestern US markets. NOPB interchanges with CSXT daily, 7 days per week.
Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) - 21,000-mile network serving Northeast, Southeast, and Midwestern US markets. NOPB interchanges with NS daily, 7 days per week.
THE WEST
BNSF Railway, Inc. (BNSF) - 32,000-mile network serving the western US and 2 Canadian provinces. NOPB interchanges with BNSF twice daily, 7 days per week.
Union Pacific Railroad (UP) - 32,000-mile network serving western two-thirds of the United States, including connections into Mexico. NOPB interchanges with UP daily, 7 days per week.
NORTH / SOUTH
Canadian National Railway (CN) - 19,000-mile network serving US Midwest and all of Canada from the Atalntic to the Pacific oceans. NOPB interchanges with CN twice daily, once for carload traffic and once for intermodal container traffic, 7 days per week.
Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) - 6,000-mile network serving Southeast, Midwest and Mexico. NOPB interchanges with KCS daily, 7 days per week.
*Class 1, 2, and 3 are categories by which all railroad companies are organized. Class 1s represent the larger carriers whose annual revenues must exceed $319.3 million
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