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The Colorado Pacific Railroad is a shortline railroad operating on 122 miles (196 km) of former Missouri Pacific Railroad trackage in southeast Colorado. It interchanges with Union Pacific and BNSF at North Avondale Junction near Boone, and with the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad at Towner. It is sometimes referred to as the Towner Line or the ...
The Pacific Railroad Surveys (1853–1855) were a series of explorations of the American West designed to find and document possible routes for a transcontinental railroad across North America. The expeditions included surveyors, scientists, and artists and resulted in an immense body of data covering at least 400,000 square miles (1,000,000 km ...
Mullan Road, Northern Pacific Railroad (now used by Montana Rail Link), unimproved road. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. Divides Pacific and Atlantic Ocean drainages. 46°37′10″N 112°17′55″W / 46.6194°N 112.2986°W / 46.6194; -112
Road maps usually number state highways in this fashion. Of the total state highway network, New Zealand currently has 363 km (226 mi) of motorways and expressways with grade-separated access and they carry ten percent of all New Zealand traffic. The majority of the state highway network is made up of single-carriageway roads with one lane each ...
Coastal Pacific A northbound Coastal Pacific train in Picton Overview Service type Inter-city rail Status Current Locale Upper South Island, New Zealand First service 25 September 1988 Current operator(s) Great Journeys New Zealand (2017–present) Former operator(s) InterCity Rail (1988–1995) Tranz Scenic (1995–2012) KiwiRail Scenic Journeys (2012–2017) Route Termini Christchurch Picton ...
Union Pacific Railroad: 1880–present Narrow gauge until 1886 Reas Pass: Montana and Idaho: 6,930 ft (2,112 m) Union Pacific Railroad: Union Pacific Railroad 1905–1981 Branch to West Yellowstone: South Pass: Wyoming: 7,420 ft (2,262 m) [1] U.S. Steel: U.S. Steel 1962–1983 Served U.S. Steel Atlantic City Ore Mine Robinson: Wyoming: 6,940 ft ...
The new Cascade Tunnel was opened on January 12, 1929. [1] [2] The new line had 72.9 route mi (117.3 km) or 93.2 route miles (150.0 km) electrified, between Skykomish and Wenatchee. The ruling grade was still 2.2 percent, although 21 miles (34 km) of 2 percent or worse grade was eliminated.
It is single carriageway for the entire route. The road is windy in many parts and prone to accidents. It is New Zealand's third longest two-digit state highway, after SH 35 and SH 94. It is part of the Pacific Coast Highway. There is one spur road, SH 25A, which cuts across the peninsula west to east, almost intersecting SH 25 at both ends.