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The Valley Railway was constructed in 1880 to link Cleveland's growing steel industry and the rich coal fields of the Tuscarawas River Valley, extending south to Zoarville. Although the first railroad came to Cleveland in 1854, the majority of the rail lines ran east–west and did not connect the metropolitan and industrial centers of ...
The Valley Railway was a shortline railroad which operated between the city of Cleveland and small town of Zoarville in the state of Ohio in the United States. The railroad was founded in 1871, but the first segment of track did not open until 1880 and the line was not completed until 1884.
Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi [1] Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015) Poway–Midland Railroad; Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park; Red Car Trolley; Redwood Valley Railway; Roaring Camp & Big Trees ...
In the heavily settled Corn Belt (from Ohio to Iowa), over 80 percent of farms were within 5 miles (8.0 km) of a railway. A large number of short lines were built, but due to a fast-developing financial system based on Wall Street and oriented to railway securities, the majority were consolidated into 20 trunk lines by 1890. [41]
Golden City and South Platte Railway and Telegraph Company: 1872 1880 N/A Grand Valley Railway: DRGW: 1886 1887 Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Greeley, Salt Lake and Pacific Railway: CB&Q: 1881 1890 Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railway: Greeley Terminal Railway: 1909 1917 N/A Holly and Swink Railway: ATSF: 1906 1907 Atchison, Topeka and ...
The Connecticut Valley Railroad was a railroad in the state of Connecticut founded in 1868. The company built a line along the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook, which opened in 1871. It was reorganized as the Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad in 1880, and leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1887.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad fought a legal battle for the next four years to regain control. On September 30, 1890, the SVRR was reorganized as the Shenandoah Valley "Railway", with stockholders approval to sell to N&W. On December 2, the Shenandoah Valley Railway acquired the rights to the franchise of the Washington and Western Railroad ...
Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad: Burlington and Lamoille Valley Railroad: CN: 1889 1899 Central Vermont Railway: Canada Atlantic Railway: CN: 1897 1905 Grand Trunk Railway: Canadian American Railroad: CDAC 1996 2003 Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, Washington County Railroad: Canadian Pacific Railway: CP CP 1884 1996 Northern ...