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A railroad section gang — including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers — responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
Alamo North Texas Railroad (ANTX) Alaska Railroad (ARR) Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) Albany Port Railroad (APD) Alexander Railroad (ARC) Aliquippa and Ohio River Railroad (AOR) Allegheny Valley Railroad (AVR) Allentown and Auburn Railroad (ALLN) Alton and Southern Railway (ALS) AN Railway (AN) Angelina and Neches River Railroad (ANR) Ann ...
Railway towns in South Dakota (1 P) T. Railway towns in Tennessee (2 P) Railway towns in Texas (2 P) V. Railway towns in Vermont (3 P) Railway towns in Virginia (2 P) W.
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Japanese National Railways (JNR) had chosen 12 major railway towns officially. [10] The list below shows the official railway towns, but there are many other towns where town officials and residents think of their town as a railway town. Iwamizawa, HokkaidÅ - Iwamizawa engine depot and center of coal transport in Hokkaido.
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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 ...