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The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad was an American railroad that owned or operated two individual segments of track. One connected St. Louis, Missouri, with Tulsa, Oklahoma, and the other connected Albuquerque, New Mexico, with Needles in Southern California.
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway: Quebec Southern Railway: D&H: 1900 1906 Quebec, Montreal and Southern Railway: Quebec and Western Railway: CP: 1924 Still exists as a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway: Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties Railway: RD&ACRW CP: 1869 1872 South Eastern Railway: Rouyn Mines Railway [8] CN: 1925 ...
America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. [1]
Anniston and Atlantic Railroad: AAR: Association of American Railroads: AB: Akron Barberton Cluster Railway: ABB: Akron and Barberton Belt Railroad: ABCK: Alaska British Columbia Transportation Company: ABEC: Aberdeen Electric Company: ABL: Alameda Belt Line: ABM: Texas and Pacific Railway → Missouri Pacific Railroad: ABN: Alabama Northern ...
The Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company (A&P) was an American communications company that operated in the 19th century. The Maine Legislature chartered the company in 1854. The company's stated objective was to build a telegraph system extending from the East Coast to the West Coast .
The rails of the "first transcontinental railroad" were joined on May 10, 1869, with the ceremonial driving of the "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit, Utah, after track was laid over a 2,826 km (1,756 mi) gap between Sacramento and Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa [23] in six years by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad. [24]
The Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF) was a proposed merger between the parent companies of the Southern Pacific and AT&SF announced on December 23, 1983. As part of the joining of the two firms, all rail and non-rail assets owned by Santa Fe Industries and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company were placed under the control of a ...
Atlantic and Pacific may refer to: . Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company; Atlantic and Pacific Railroad; Atlantic and Pacific Highway; Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company