41-579: The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (abbreviated: CNO&TP ; ( reporting mark CNTP )) is a railroad that owns the Cincinnati Southern Railway from Cincinnati, Ohio , south to Chattanooga, Tennessee , and leases it to the Norfolk Southern Railway system. The physical assets of the road were initially financed by the city of Cincinnati in the 1870s, and until March 2024 had been owned by
82-695: A 2-digit code indicating the vehicle's register country . The registered keeper of a vehicle is now indicated by a separate Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM), usually the name of the owning company or an abbreviation thereof, which must be registered with the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF) and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) and which is unique throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Northern Africa. The VKM must be between two and five letters in length and can use any of
123-688: A dining car. The train was discontinued in 1949. White firemen of the CNO&;TP struck on January 9, 1911, when the company refused their demand that their black counterparts be fired within 90 days. Trains continued to run, with black firemen on their crews, in the vicinity of Kings Mountain, Kentucky , Somerset, Kentucky , and Oakdale, Tennessee , in terrain well-suited for sniper attacks. Within four days, sharpshooters killed at least eleven people: nine black railroad employees and two detectives. The present-day Cincinnati Southern Railway runs 337 miles (542 km) from Cincinnati to Chattanooga . It
164-636: A few surrounding lines into Chattanooga. More than 50 trains a day can be seen on the CNO&TP, with the heaviest concentration between Danville and Harriman, Tennessee . Quite a bit of the traffic is intermodal and automotive. General manifests, local freights, grain , coal , and other bulk commodities make up the rest of the traffic. In 1925 CNO&TP reported 1688 million ton-miles of revenue freight (not including Harriman & Northeastern) on 338 route-miles operated; in 1967 it had 4116 million ton-miles on 337 route-miles. Revenue passenger-miles were 134 million in 1925 and 15 million in 1967. In 2023 it
205-464: A hyphen. Some examples: When a vehicle is sold it will not normally be transferred to another register. The Czech railways bought large numbers of coaches from ÖBB. The number remained the same but the VKM changed from A-ÖBB to A-ČD. The UIC introduced a uniform numbering system for their members based on a 12-digit number, largely known as UIC number . The third and fourth digit of the number indicated
246-527: A massive project is underway to double track from Woods, also known as Somerset, to Grove just north of Burnside . This project will straighten a curve near the Kentucky Route 914 bypass overpass, allowing improved train handling. NS planners and engineering officials are still considering improving the company's second most profitable line, including the initial $ 65 million in line improvement projects from 1959 to 1963 and 1996 to 2010. Norfolk Southern
287-578: A member of Nelson Rangers. Following the Civil War, he attended the University of Georgia and graduated with first honors in 1868. He then studied engineering at the University of Virginia . After graduating, Spencer worked as a civil engineer with Mr. Sharpe to build a road from Opelika, Alabama , to Goodwater, Alabama . Spencer followed Sharpe to Long Branch, New Jersey , to survey a road as his assistant superintendent. He then followed Sharpe to
328-700: A predecessor of the CNW, from which the UP inherited it. Similarly, during the breakup of Conrail , the long-retired marks of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and New York Central Railroad (NYC) were temporarily brought back and applied to much of Conrail's fleet to signify which cars and locomotives were to go to CSX (all cars labeled NYC) and which to Norfolk Southern (all cars labeled PRR). Some of these cars still retain their temporary NYC marks. Because of its size, this list has been split into subpages based on
369-828: Is best remembered as the Father of the Southern Railway System . Spencer, North Carolina , site of the North Carolina Transportation Museum , was named in his honor. Samuel Spencer was born on March 20, 1847, in Columbus, Georgia , to Vernie Mitchel and Lambert Spencer. He attended the school of John Isham in Columbus. At the age of 16, Spencer enlisted in the Confederate States Army . He served two years as
410-566: Is known as the "Rathole" due to steep grades, 27 tunnels , and numerous curves which were once this line's signature. While several projects over the span of 60 years eliminated several problem areas, the Southern Railway 's line improvement project between 1959 and 1963 is the best known. This project saw numerous cuts and line relocations to bypass tunnels and reduce the steep grades and tight curves. Only Tunnels #22 and #24 at Nemo, Tennessee and Tunnels #25 and #26 at Oakdale remain on
451-501: Is projected to have spent over $ 1 billion in a span of 60 years. After two years of leasing the property to local companies, in 1881 the city entered a 25-year lease to an entity called Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway, which was held by an English corporation controlled by German-born Parisian banker Frédéric Émile d'Erlanger . Soon Erlanger held all five segments of railroad from Cincinnati to New Orleans, and west from Meridian, Mississippi to Shreveport, Louisiana. This
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#1732782484062492-489: Is stenciled on each piece of equipment, along with a one- to six-digit number. This information is used to uniquely identify every such rail car or locomotive, thus allowing it to be tracked by the railroad it is traveling over, which shares the information with other railroads and customers. In multinational registries, a code indicating the home country may also be included. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) assigns marks to all carriers, under authority granted by
533-625: Is still owned by the City of Cincinnati and is leased to the CNO&TP under a long-term lease; it is the only such long-distance railway owned by a municipality in the United States. The CNO&TP's lease of the Cincinnati Southern Railway is currently set to expire in 2026, with an option for a 25-year renewal. The agreement is governed by the five-member Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, who are appointed by
574-695: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and then became superintendent of the Old Virginia Midland Railroad. In 1869, he began working with railroads as a surveyor , and rose through the ranks, learning many aspects of railroad management. He became superintendent of the Long Island Rail Road in 1878 and was president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during 1887–1888, following Robert Garrett. In 1889, Spencer left
615-557: The U.S. Surface Transportation Board , Transport Canada , and Mexican Government. Railinc , a subsidiary of the AAR, maintains the active reporting marks for the North American rail industry. Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name. As it also acts as a Standard Carrier Alpha Code , the reporting mark cannot conflict with codes in use by other nonrail carriers. Marks ending with
656-475: The University of Virginia . Spencer spent his career with railroads, rising through the ranks during the busy growth years of American railroading in the late 19th century. He eventually became president of six railroads, and was a director of at least ten railroads and several banks and other companies. Although his career was cut short when he was killed in a train wreck in Virginia in 1906, Samuel Spencer
697-513: The 26 letters of the Latin alphabet . Diacritical marks may also be used, but they are ignored in data processing (for example, Ö is treated as though it is O ). The VKM is preceded by the code for the country (according to the alphabetical coding system described in Appendix 4 to the 1949 convention and Article 45(4) of the 1968 convention on road traffic), where the vehicle is registered and
738-683: The Mayor of the City of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific is operated by Norfolk Southern as part of the Alabama Division. Between Cincinnati and Somerset the line is under control of the North End Dispatcher, Knoxville, Tennessee . Somerset to Hixson, Tennessee , is dispatched by the South End Dispatcher, Knoxville. The CT (Chattanooga Terminal) Dispatcher controls the last few miles and
779-638: The Southern grew to become one of the strongest and most profitable in the United States , merging with the also strong and profitable Norfolk and Western Railway in the 1980s to form Norfolk Southern , a Fortune 500 company. Spencer married Louise Benning, daughter of General Henry L. Benning . They had at least three children, Henry Benning, Vivan and Mrs. James Lane. He had homes in New York City and Washington, D.C. Spencer's career
820-635: The Spencer car, killing Spencer & all but one of its occupants. Spencer was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery . Spencer is credited with leading the Southern Railway and the South during a period of unprecedented growth. After his untimely death, 30,000 Southern Railway employees contributed to pay for a statue of him by sculptor Daniel Chester French , which was dedicated in 1910 and stood for many years at Atlanta 's Terminal Station . Following
861-682: The VKM BLS. Example for an "Einheitswagen" delivered in 1957: In the United Kingdom, prior to nationalisation, wagons owned by the major railways were marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway concerned; for example, wagons of the Great Western Railway were marked "G W"; those of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway were marked "L M S", etc. The codes were agreed between
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#1732782484062902-541: The acquiring company discontinues the name or mark of the acquired company, the discontinued mark is referred to as a "fallen flag" railway. Occasionally, long-disused marks are suddenly revived by the companies which now own them. For example, in recent years, the Union Pacific Railroad has begun to use the mark CMO on newly built covered hoppers, gondolas and five-bay coal hoppers. CMO originally belonged to Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway ,
943-499: The acquisition in March 2024. Reporting mark A reporting mark is a code used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain rail transport networks. The code typically reflects the name or identifying number of the owner, lessee, or operator of the equipment, similar to IATA airline designators . In North America , the mark, which consists of an alphabetic code of two to four letters,
984-402: The city. It had been the only such long-distance railway owned by a municipality in the United States. The CNO&TP now owns that property and operates one rail line, the Cincinnati Southern Railway, between Cincinnati and Chattanooga . The line opened completely in 1880, and was financed by the city of Cincinnati. Construction was spurred by a shift of Ohio River shipping, important to
1025-1020: The equipment used in these services. This may also apply to commuter rail, for example Metrolink in Southern California uses the reporting mark SCAX because the equipment is owned by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority —which owns the Metrolink system—even though it is operated by Amtrak. This is why the reporting mark for CSX Transportation , which is an operating railroad, is CSXT instead of CSX. Private (non-common carrier) freight car owners in Mexico were issued, up until around 1990, reporting marks ending in two X's, possibly to signify that their cars followed different regulations (such as bans on friction bearing trucks) than their American counterparts and so their viability for interchange service
1066-448: The first letter of the reporting mark: A railway vehicle must be registered in the relevant state's National Vehicle Register (NVR), as part of which process it will be assigned a 12-digit European Vehicle Number (EVN). The EVN schema is essentially the same as that used by the earlier UIC numbering systems for tractive vehicles and wagons , except that it replaces the 2-digit vehicle owner's code (see § Europe 1964 to 2005 ) with
1107-592: The letter "X" are assigned to companies or individuals who own railcars, but are not operating railroads; for example, the TTX Company (formerly Trailer Train Company) is named for its original reporting mark of TTX. In another example, the reporting mark for state-funded Amtrak services in California is CDTX (whereas the usual Amtrak mark is AMTK) because the state transportation agency ( Caltrans ) owns
1148-465: The line; all but #25 were built new in the 1960s. Originally built to 5 ft ( 1,524 mm ) broad gauge , the line was converted to standard gauge , 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm ), in 13 hours in 1886. The late 1990s saw another improvement with the Norfolk Southern Railway double tracking the segment south of Somerset, Kentucky , between Tateville and KD Tower (near Greenwood, Kentucky ). As of 2013,
1189-555: The local economy. Fearing the loss of shipping traffic and the local salaries and tax revenue that came with it, the city recognized the need to remain competitive. The Ohio Constitution forbade cities from forming partnerships in stock corporations, so the city, led by Edward A. Ferguson, took upon itself the building of the railway. With wide popular approval, city voters voted for $ 10 million in municipal bonds in 1869 to begin construction. With 337 miles of track and many tunnels to construct, another bond for an additional $ 6 million
1230-572: The owner of a reporting mark is taken over by another company, the old mark becomes the property of the new company. For example, when the Union Pacific Railroad (mark UP) acquired the Chicago and North Western Railway (mark CNW) in 1995, it retained the CNW mark rather than immediately repaint all acquired equipment. Some companies own several marks that are used to identify different classes of cars, such as boxcars or gondolas. If
1271-405: The owner, or more precisely the keeper of the vehicle. Thus each UIC member got a two-digit owner code . With the introduction of national vehicle registers this code became a country code. Some vehicles had to be renumbered as a consequence. The Swiss company BLS Lötschbergbahn had the owner code 63. When their vehicles were registered, they got numbers with the country code 85 for Switzerland and
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1312-478: The presidency of the Baltimore and Ohio to become a railroad expert working for financier J.P. Morgan of Drexel, Morgan and Company . According to the New York Times , "It was said of him that there was no man in the country so thoroughly well posted on every detail of a railroad from the cost of a car brake to the estimate for a new terminal." When the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad (R&D)
1353-606: The railways and registered with the Ministry of Railways , Government of India . Samuel Spencer (Southern Railway) Samuel Spencer (March 20, 1847 – November 29, 1906) was an American civil engineer , businessman, and railroad executive . With an education interrupted by service in the Confederate cavalry late in the American Civil War , he completed his education at the University of Georgia and
1394-762: The railways and registered with the Railway Clearing House . In India, wagons owned by the Indian Railways are marked with codes of two to four letters, these codes normally being the initials of the railway divisions concerned along with the Hindi abbreviation; for example, trains of the Western Railway zone are marked "WR" and "प रे"; those of the Central Railway zone are marked "CR" and "मध्य", etc. The codes are agreed between
1435-655: The station's demolition in 1970, the statue was moved multiple times, first to Peachtree station , then in 1996 to Hardy Ivy Park , and finally to its current resting place in front of the Norfolk Southern building at the intersection of Peachtree Street and 15th Street in Midtown Atlanta. Spencer was also a member of the Jekyll Island Club , which operated as an exclusive millionaire's retreat from 1888 to 1942. Spencer's former apartment in
1476-618: Was acquired by Drexel, Morgan and Company in 1894, the new Southern Railway was formed by the financiers from a consolidation of the R&;D and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad . Tapped to lead the new railroad for Morgan, Spencer became its first president. Under his leadership, the mileage of the Southern Railway doubled, the number of passengers served annually increased to nearly 12 million, and annual earnings increased from $ 17 million to $ 54 million. After his death,
1517-684: Was announced that Norfolk Southern had reached an agreement to buy the Cincinnati Southern for $ 1.6 billion, subject to approval by voters in Cincinnati, the Surface Transportation Board and the Ohio General Assembly . The Surface Transportation board has since given its approval. In November 2023, Cincinnati voters approved the deal to sell Cincinnati Southern. The Norfolk Southern closed on
1558-479: Was cut short when he was killed at the age of 59 in a train collision in Virginia before dawn on Thanksgiving morning, November 29, 1906. The Spencer party were in his private car, at the rear of the train, en route to his hunting lodge near Friendship, NC. When the coupling failed on the lead car, the train was left stalled on the track. A following train ran into the stranded cars in the pre-dawn darkness, crushing
1599-624: Was dubbed the Queen and Crescent Route , connecting the Queen City to the Crescent City. Erlanger sold his interest in 1890. In 1894 the CNO&TP was one of many properties reorganized by Samuel Spencer into the vastly expanded Southern Railway . The railroad inaugurated a named passenger train for the route, the Queen and Crescent Limited , in 1926. Never a financial success, the train carried both coaches and Pullman sleepers and
1640-580: Was impaired. This often resulted in five-letter reporting marks, an option not otherwise allowed by the AAR. Companies owning trailers used in trailer-on-flatcar service are assigned marks ending with the letter "Z", and the National Motor Freight Traffic Association , which maintains the list of Standard Carrier Alpha Codes, assigns marks ending in "U" to owners of intermodal containers . The standard ISO 6346 covers identifiers for intermodal containers. When
1681-637: Was necessary. Some portions were open by 1877, and the entire line opened February 21, 1880. The last spike was placed on December 10, 1879. It opened for passenger service on March 8, 1880. The CNO&TP main line has three districts: the First District from Cincinnati, Ohio , to Danville, Kentucky ; the Second District from Danville to Oakdale, Tennessee ; and the Third District from Oakdale to Chattanooga . The Second District