The Atlantic and Gulf Railroad was chartered in February 1856 by act of the Georgia General Assembly. It was also known as the Main Trunk Railroad. It...
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The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad (reporting mark SLR), known as St-Laurent et Atlantique Quebec (reporting mark SLQ) in Canada, is a short-line...
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subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS) and Central of Georgia Railroad (CG) Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR) Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (ATN)...
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construction of a line from Brunswick, Georgia or a point along the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad (1856–79) to Macon, Georgia. Arthur E Cochran was named the president...
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1856. Construction of the Atlantic and Gulf was forbidden until the junction of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad and the Savannah, Albany, and Gulf...
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A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different...
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and Western Railroad (RRVW) St. Croix Valley Railroad (SCXY) Twin Cities and Western Railroad (TCWR) Union Pacific Railroad (UP) Cliffs Erie Railroad...
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following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Missouri. Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM) Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) Belton, Grandview and Kansas...
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Carrollton Railroad (CARR) Operates the Glasgow Railway Fredonia Valley Railroad (FVRR) Kentucky and Tennessee Railway (KT) KWT Railway (KWT) Louisville and Indiana...
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following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Georgia. Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) Athens Line, LLC (ABR) Augusta and Summerville Railroad (AUS), operated...
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Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works was a manufacturer of railroad steam locomotives based in Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, in the United States...
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Western Railroad (GTW) Illinois Central Railroad (IC) Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through 1 subsidiary: Soo Line Railroad (SOO) Central Indiana and Western...
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List of rail accidents (before 1880) (category Lists of railway accidents and incidents)
killing seven people. 16 May – United States – On the Florida, Atlantic and Gulf Central Railroad about thirteen miles (21 km) west of Jacksonville, Florida...
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (reporting mark BO) was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States. It operated as...
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Southern Pacific's "Sunset—Gulf Route" enabled the line to be the only railroad to control a route between the Atlantic and Pacific Seaboards.[citation...
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following railroads are operating in the U.S. state of Illinois. A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) AgRail (AGRL) Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) Alton and Southern...
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Appalachian and Ohio Railroad (AO) Beech Mountain Railroad (BEEM) CSX Transportation...
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The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Iowa. Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad (BSVY) BNSF Railway (BNSF) Burlington Junction Railway (BJRY)...
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Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone. This is a list of companies that manufactured railroad cars and other rolling...
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that the 1879 book Sketches in the History of the Underground Railroad said the phrase was mentioned in an 1839 Washington newspaper article and that the...
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following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. BNSF Railway (BNSF) Canadian National Railway (CN) through subsidiaries Duluth, Missabe and Iron...
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List of historical passenger rail services in Chicago (redirect from Railroad terminals of Chicago, Illinois)
century, Chicago, Illinois, reigned as the undisputed railroad center of the United States and was served by six intercity train terminals at its peak...
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until 1879 by O.P. Taylor in his famous "Triangle No. 1" well in Petrolia, west of Wellsville. The town was created as it split from Scio in 1856. The...
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Charles Morgan (businessman) (category 19th-century American railroad executives)
May 8, 1878) was an American railroad and shipping magnate. He played a leading role in the development of transportation and commerce in the Southern United...
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Gadsden Purchase (category States and territories established in 1853)
1880, and El Paso in May 1881, the first railroad across the Gadsden Purchase. At the same time, 1879–1881, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was...
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masses from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean colliding over Central Florida. They are highlighted by spectacular lightning and can also bring...
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Gilded Age (section Railroad controversy)
Reliable, White Men: Railroad Brotherhoods, 1877–1917. Bacon, Katie (June 12, 2007). "The Dark Side of the Gilded Age". The Atlantic. Archived from the...
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Pavonia Terminal (redirect from Erie Railroad Terminal)
was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River located in the Harsimus section of Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened in 1861 and closed in 1958...
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the city. Greyhound and Megabus based in downtown Tallahassee. Freight service is provided by the Florida Gulf & Atlantic Railroad, which acquired most...
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List of battles 1801–1900 (section 1856-1860)
Radice, F. R. (8 January 1927). "The Revolution of 1821 in Piedmont". Notes and Queries. 152–153: 26–27 – via Hathi Trust. "Sardinia - historical kingdom...
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