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  2. List of heritage railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico. This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota. Visitors aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia

  3. Marrs, Aaron W. Railroads in the Old South: Pursuing Progress in a Slave Society (2009) excerpt and text search; Martin, Albro. James J. Hill and the Opening of the Northwest (1990) excerpt and text search; Martin, Albro. Railroads Triumphant: The Growth, Rejection, and Rebirth of a Vital American Force (1992) excerpt and text search; wide ...

  4. Timeline of United States railway history - Wikipedia

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    The Routledge Historical Atlas of the American Railroads (2001) Stover, John. History of the Illinois Central Railroad (1975) Stover, John. Iron Road to the West: American Railroads in the 1850s (1978) Turner, George E. Victory rode the rails: the strategic place of the railroads in the Civil War (1953) Ward, James Arthur. J.

  5. Old Colony Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Map of Old Colony Railroad network, about 1893 The Governor Bradford, an early OC locomotive built in 1845 by Hinkley & Drury Map of Old Colony and Fall River lines, 1846 Old Colony & Fall River Rail Road seal from 1854 stock certificate The Pilgrim, of the Fall River Line, operated by the Old Colony Railroad Company 1870 Notice for Old Colony & Newport Railway Martha's Vineyard Railroad Share ...

  6. List of defunct railroads of North America - Wikipedia

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    The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.

  7. History of the railway track - Wikipedia

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    The first version of Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge system used rails laid on longitudinal sleepers whose rail gauge and elevation were pinned down by being tied to piles (conceptually akin to a pile bridge), but this arrangement was expensive and Brunel soon replaced it with what became the classic broad gauge track, in ...

  8. Washington and Old Dominion Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD) was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia, United States.The railroad was a successor to the bankrupt Washington and Old Dominion Railway and to several earlier railroads, the first of which began operating in 1859.

  9. Milwaukee Road - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road (reporting mark MILW), was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986.