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Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad: Leadville: 3,414 m (11,201 ft) USA: Highest Adhesion railway in North America: Gornergrat Railway: Gornergrat: 3,090 m (10,138 ft) Switzerland: 1898: Highest open-air railway in Europe: Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad: Cumbres Pass: 3,054 m (10,020 ft) USA: 1881: Highest narrow gauge railroad in ...
Lanzhou–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway: Qilianshan No.2 Tunnel 3,608 m (11,837 ft) 2014 Switzerland: Jungfrau Railway: Jungfraujoch: 3,454 m (11,332 ft) [5] 1912 Kenya: Uganda Railway: Baringo County: 2,785 m (9,137 ft) 1930 Germany: Bavarian Zugspitze Railway [6] Schneefernerhaus: 2,650 m (8,694 ft) 1930 Taiwan: Alishan Forest Railway: Chushan
Great Northern Railway: BNSF Railway: 1893–present Hi-Line: Mullan Pass: Montana: 5,566 ft (1,697 m) Northern Pacific Railroad: Montana Rail Link: 1883–present Passes through the Mullan Tunnel: Elk Park Pass: Montana: 6,365 ft (1,940 m) Great Northern Railway: Burlington Northern Railroad: 1888–1972 Homestake Pass: Montana: 6,328 ft (1,929 m)
Alpine Tunnel is a 1,772 ft (540 m) narrow gauge railroad tunnel located east of Pitkin, Colorado, on the former Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad route from Denver to Gunnison. At an elevation of 11,523 feet (3,512 m), it was the first tunnel constructed across the Continental Divide in Colorado and was the highest railroad tunnel in ...
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This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
By the mid-1950s, traffic on the bridge was limited to one train at a time. [5] In 1986, some of the bridge towers were damaged in a wind storm. [5] Union Pacific Railroad is the current owner of the bridge, and starting in 2001, they undertook an inspection and repair program; this resulted in both tracks being opened again, but with a 25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) slow order.
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