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Pages in category "Mining railways in the United States" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Lists of railroads of the United States by state or territory" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total.
In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The STB's current definition of a Class I railroad was set in 1992, that being any carrier earning annual ...
In December 1999, the last 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) railway in the Central German coal mining field in Lusatia was closed. In the United States, Consol Energy's Shoemaker Mine, covering a large area east of Benwood, West Virginia was the last underground coal mine to use rail haulage.
Edgewater, Alabama, formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Fairfield, Alabama, (1910) originally "Corey", formerly owned by Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co. Kaulton, Alabama, owned by Kaul Lumber Co. Margaret, Alabama established by Alabama Fuel and Iron Company; West Blocton, Alabama, formerly owned by Cahaba Coal Mining ...
The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country. [1]
Mining railways — industrial railways at/in mines, ... Mining railways in the United States ... Tumurtei-Khandgait mine railroad; W.
The defunct railroads of North America regrouped several railroads in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The following is a list of the past railroad companies. The following is a list of the past railroad companies.