North American System

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North American System
NAS New Logo.png
NAS System Map.png
Official Map of the NAS Since 2013 with North American Lines over it.
Reporting markNAS, NASX, NTSR, TOS
Dates of operationMarch 22, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-22)–present
PredecessorList of Predecessor Railroads of the NAS
Track gauge4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length4,100 miles (6,600 km)
Parent CompanyNAS Corporation
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington
WebsiteNAS.com

The North American System (Reporting Mark: NAS NASX NTSR TOS), Officially the North American System Corporation is a Class I Railroad that runs in the Western United States and Central United States of America along with the Western Portion of Canada. The NAS has 45,000 Empolyees 41,000+ Miles of Trackage and is Headquartered in Seattle, Washington and is under the North American System Holding Company. The System was formed on March 22nd 1969 by a Merger of 6 Railroads with the Largest Portion coming from the Northern States Railroad.

The NAS Has 4 Transcontiential Mainlines providing Connections from Manitoba to Vancouver BC, St Paul to Seattle, St Louis to LA and Seattle Via Denver to Mexico City. The Railroad rosters over 4000 Locomotives across the Three countries and is North America's second Biggest Railroad behind BNSF Railway. The Corporation's Management and Railroad is lead by CEO Victoria K. Schmidt and President John E. Boylston.

History

NAS Merger

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Perserved NSR HQ in Seattle

NAS would be formed by 6 Railroads, the Northern States Railroad, TBD, TBD, TBD, TBD, Texas Oaklahoma Systen. The Merger was to combat the Automobile and Airplane Bussinesses being the largest Merger at the time in 1969 until the introduction of M

Operations

Yards and facilities

Yards

Vancouver Terminal Scramento Yard Berlin Yard (Portland) Everett East Yard Alpha Yard (MT) Overseer Yard (UT)

Hump Yards

Renton Yard North Los Angeles Yard St Louis Superyard Calgary Yard Austin Yard Houston Yard Denver Yard

Trackage

Safety

Equipment

Locomotives

F59PHI 2

Cars

Accidents and Incidents

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000-2010s

2020s

November 7th 2023, A NAS Steam Locomotive runs a Red Signal and crashes into a Moving Freight Train outside of Austin.