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West Virginia Railroad: B&O: 1886 1897 Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad: West Virginia Central and Pittsburg Railway: WM: 1881 1905 Western Maryland Railroad: West Virginia and Ironton Railroad: N&W: 1888 1890 Norfolk and Western Railroad: West Virginia Midland Railroad: 1905 1924 West Virginia Midland Railway: West Virginia Midland Railway ...
West Virginia Midland Railroad; West Virginia Northern Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad; Western Maryland Railway; Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (1899–1916) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1886–99) Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1916–1988) Wheeling Traction Company; Winchester and Potomac Railroad; Winchester and Wardensville Railroad
When work resumed under the Boston and Maine Railroad in 1886, a route to the south of the original one between Holden and Belcherstown was taken and substantial work on the 1883 line through Hardwick, Greenwich, and Enfield was abandoned. Missouri. Memphis and Kansas City Railroad - this predecessor of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ...
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] Historians credit the railroad system for the country's vast development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as having helped facilitate a ...
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Railroads have been abandoned in the United States due to historical and economic factors. In the 19th century, the growing industrial regions in the Northeast, the agrarian regions in the South and Midwest, and the expansion of the country westward to the Pacific Ocean all contributed to the explosive growth of railroad companies and their rights-of-way across the entire country.
Swett gained fame for being "For Sale" back in 2014, with a listing price of $399,000. ... An abandoned railroad tunnel near Warm River offers a cool exploration site for history buffs and hikers ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]