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Cornelius Vanderbilt's transit company that operated a cross-Nicaragua route linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans — before the Panama Canal — which was one of Vanderbilt's most profitable enterprises and which he fought to control against William Walker and his own business partners.
American airline founded in 1926 — which was one of the largest US carriers for 80 years — before merging with Delta Air Lines in 2010 as part of the airline industry consolidation.
British transport company founded in 1980 by Ann Gloag and Brian Souter — which became one of the largest bus and rail operators in the UK through the deregulation of the British bus industry.
Railroad entrepreneur who built the Great Northern Railway — the only transcontinental railroad completed without federal land grants or subsidies — through meticulous cost control and traffic development.