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  2. Rail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...

  3. List of locomotive builders - Wikipedia

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    Commercial locomotive builders were called upon when requirements exceeded the railway works' capacity, but these orders were generally to the railways' own designs. British commercial builders concentrated on industrial users, small railway systems, and to a large extent the export market.

  4. Railroad land grants in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Pacific Railway (NP) was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western states, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly 40 million acres (62,000 sq mi; 160,000 km2) of land grants, which it used to raise money in Europe for construction.

  5. List of shortline railroads in the United States by state

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    Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railway: COER Decatur Junction Railway: DT Eastern Illinois Railroad: EIRC Fisher Farmers Grain & Coal Railroad: FFGC Foster Townsend Rail Logistics: FTRL Illinois Railway: IR Keokuk Junction Railway: KJRY Peoria & Western Railway PWRY Tazewell & Peoria Railroad: TZPR Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway: TPW

  6. List of preserved locomotives in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Last engine built by the St. Louis Southwestern Railway, the "Cotton Belt Route". AZ-01 Southern Pacific Railroad Locomotive No. SP 2562: Steam 2-8-0 C-9 1906 built [2] 2009 NRHP Arizona Railway Museum, Chandler, Arizona: NRHP-listed in Maricopa County: AZ-02 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Locomotive 3759: Steam 4-8-4 3751 1928 built ...

  7. GE Transportation - Wikipedia

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    GE Transportation is a division of Wabtec.It was known as GE Rail and owned by General Electric until sold to Wabtec on February 25, 2019. The organization manufactures equipment for the railroad, marine, mining, drilling and energy generation industries.

  8. List of defunct railroads of North America - Wikipedia

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    Fredericksburg and Northern Railway [8] Hudson Bay Railway (HBR) Houston Belt & Terminal Railroad [9] Houston, East & West Texas Railroad [10] Houston & Texas Central Railway [11] Illinois Central Railroad (IC) Inter-California Railway; Intercolonial Railway of Canada (IRC) International–Great Northern Railroad [12] LaPorte Houston Northern ...

  9. Pan Am Railways - Wikipedia

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    The company is a subsidiary of CSX Corporation under rail subsidiary CSX Transportation since June 1, 2022, [1] Pan Am Railways former parent company was Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based Pan Am Systems. It was headquartered in Iron Horse Park in North Billerica, Massachusetts. [2] Pan Am Railways parent Pan Am Systems was put up for sale in July ...