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Chicago, Illinois - Lincoln, Nebraska [1912] 1912-1918 Chicago - New York Express: Reading: New York, New York - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1939] 1938-1941 Chicago - Omaha Express: Illinois Central Railroad: Chicago, Illinois - Omaha, Nebraska (the Illinois Central Railroad also had a Chicago - Omaha Limited around this time) [1914] 1900-1901 ...
Pages in category "Railway lines opened in 1912" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad: B&O: 1883 1989 CSX Transportation: Baltimore and Philadelphia Railway: B&O: 1883 1883 Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad: Bangor and Bath Railroad: DL&W: 1880 1880 Bangor and Portland Railway: Bangor and Portland Railway: DL&W: 1879 1909 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad: Barclay Railroad: LV: 1891 1902
A Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad stock certificate from 1852 Early Philadelphia railroads up to 1948 A 1920 map of the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad Germantown Depot. Philadelphia was an early railroad hub, with lines from all over meeting in Philadelphia. The first railroad in Philadelphia was the Philadelphia ...
Zhan Tianyou, or Tien-Yow Jeme [1] (Chinese: 詹天佑; 26 April 1861 – 24 April 1919), was a pioneering Chinese railroad engineer.Educated in the United States, he was the chief engineer responsible for construction of the Peking-Kalgan Railway (Beijing to Zhangjiakou), the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance.
The Pennsylvania Railroad built its main line during the early 19th century as part of the Main Line of Public Works that spanned Pennsylvania. Later in the century, the railroad, which owned much of the land surrounding the tracks, encouraged the development of this picturesque environment by building way stations along the portion of its track closest to Philadelphia.
In the early 1880s, the Pennsylvania acquired a majority of PW&B Railroad's stock. This action forced the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) to build the Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad to keep its Philadelphia access, where it connected with the Reading Company for its competing Royal Blue Line passenger trains to reach New York.
Norfolk Southern Railway. Retrieved February 22, 2005. (April 3, 2005), Significant dates in Canadian railway history. Retrieved August 6, 2005. White, John H. Jr. (Spring 1986). "America's Most Noteworthy Railroaders". Railroad History. 154: 9– 15. ISSN 0090-7847. JSTOR 43523785. OCLC 1785797