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A locomotive of the Kyle Railroad, a shortline railroad that runs from north-central Kansas into eastern Colorado. A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance relative to larger, national railroad networks. The term is used primarily in the United States and Canada.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad was incorporated in February 1897 and purchased the property of the OSL&UN later that month. On March 15, the OSL took possession of the line and started operating. The OSL was independent for a short period of time until October 1898 when the newly reformed Union Pacific Railroad took control of a majority of the ...
Railroad AAR rep. mark Bay Line Railroad (AL and FL) BAYL Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (CA and OR) CORP Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad: CFE Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad (IL and IN) CSS Cimarron Valley Railroad (CO, KS, and OK) CVR Deseret Power Railroad (CO and UT) DPRW Rail Link (operates 26 short line railroads) RLIX
The two railroads, competitive at first, joined forces forming a monopoly. Mine owners with mills in Colorado City adjacent to Colorado Springs organized and built The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Railroad or "Short Line" traversing the south slope of Pikes Peak. The new railroad was able to force freight rates downward accelerating ...
Silverton Railway Silverton Railway 1904 1922 N/A Silverton, Gladstone and Northerly Railroad: 1899 1915 Silverton Northern Railroad: Silverton Northern Railroad: 1895 1941 N/A South Park and Leadville Short Line Railroad: 1885 1900 N/A Southern San Luis Valley Railroad: SSLV 1953 1996 N/A State Line and Denver Railway: DRGW: 1889 1889 Rio ...
Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad: Hillsboro Short Line Railway: N&W: 1879 1902 Norfolk and Western Railway: Hillsdale County Railroad: 1986 1992 Indiana Northeastern Railroad: Hocking Valley Railway: HV C&O: 1899 1930 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway: Holliday's Cove Railroad: PRR: 1860 1868 Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway: Home Avenue ...
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway: Texas Short Line Railway: MP: 1901 1962 N/A Texas Southern Railway: 1897 1908 Marshall and East Texas Railway: Texas State Railroad: SP: 1907 1969 N/A Continued as a tourist railroad: Texas Transportation Company: TXTC 1897 2000 N/A Texas Transportation Company: SP: 1866 1896 Texas and New Orleans Railroad ...
Layton Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, a historic railroad depot in the U.S. state of Utah Short Line, one of the four railroads in the American edition of the board game Monopoly Short Line (bus company) , also known as ShortLine, a bus operator in the U.S. state of New York