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In the summer of 1956, the Seashore Electric Railway began passenger operations on weekends over its 1 ⁄ 4-mile-long (0.40 km) track. [4] In 1980, ten of the museum's trolley and railroad cars were listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as "Maine Trolley Cars"). These include trolley #31 and other vehicles either built or ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...
1915 map of the Portland–Lewiston Interurban and connecting lines Typical tangent track on the line Summer-season construction began in 1910 including ten reinforced concrete bridges. The longest was a 200-foot (61 m) span over the Presumpscot River There was a 100-foot (30 m) span over the Little Androscoggin River in Auburn and a span of ...
Maine Central Railroad: Androscoggin and Kennebec Railroad: MEC: 1845 1862 Maine Central Railroad: Aroostook Northern Railroad: BAR: 1897 1901 Bangor and Aroostook Railroad: Aroostook River Railroad: CP: 1873 1989 N/A Aroostook Valley Railroad: AVL 1902 1996 N/A Electric until 1946 Atlantic and North-West Railway: CP: 1886 1994 Canadian ...
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A gas-electric doodlebug constructed by the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company of Pennsylvania. Crewmen in front of a locomotive on the defunct East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad c. 1914. The Six Flags & Texas Railroad, located in Six Flags Over Texas, is the only remaining attraction from the park's inaugural season in 1961.
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The electric locomotive has many advantages in mountainous terrain, including better adhesion, greater power at low speeds, no requirements for fueling or watering, and regenerative braking. The planned California High-Speed Rail system, for example requires electrification to achieve acceptable speeds through the Tehachapi Mountains .