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Blanchard, M. "The Railway Policy of the Second Empire," in F. Crouzet et al., eds. Essays in European Economic History 1789–1914 (1969) pp 98–111; Cameron, Rondo E. France and the Economic Development of Europe, 1800–1914 (Princeton UP, 1961) online; Caron, François. Histoire des Chemins de Fer en France. Paris: Fayard, 1997. Caron ...
By royal decree of 25 February 1823, MM. de Lur-Saluces and others were allowed, under the title of the railroad company, to establish a line from the Loire at Pont-de-l’Âne on the river Furens (or Furan, its modern name), to the coal-mining area of Saint-Étienne. Traffic was limited to goods, particularly coal.
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown Railroad: RF&P: 1862 1868 Alexandria and Washington Railroad: Washington City and Point Lookout Railroad: B&O: 1873 1874 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Washington City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern Railway: SOU: 1873 1880 Virginia Midland Railway: Washington and Potomac Railroad: 1886 1900
Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF , the national state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight services on the national network managed by its subsidiary SNCF Réseau .
Orange & Alexandria Railroad Bridge over Bull Run (ca. 1863) The O&A was strategically important during the Civil War (1861–1865) and was repeatedly fought over and wrecked. In connection with the Virginia Central, it was the only rail link between the belligerents' capitals at Washington and Richmond.
With the coming of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1854, the settlement was renamed Rapid Ann Station, reflecting the customary name of the river (a fast-moving stream named for Princess Ann). In January 1854, the railroad reached the Rapidan River and a station was established. A post office was opened at "Rapid Ann Station".
However, the first plan for a railroad in the Netherlands was launched only shortly after the first railroad opened in Britain. The history of rail transport in the Netherlands can be described in six eras: the period up to 1839 – the first plans were made for a railroad, 1840–1860 – railroads experienced their early expansion,
From the Gare du Nord, the station the company built in Paris, the Paris–Lille railway led north towards Belgium, connecting to Amiens, Douai and Lille in 1846, with a branch line from Douai to Valenciennes. [5] Lille and Valenciennes had already been connected to the Belgian railway network in 1842. [6]