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  2. Timeline of United States railway history - Wikipedia

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    Steam locomotives of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois rail yards, 1942. The Timeline of U.S. Railway History depends upon the definition of a railway, as follows: A means of conveyance of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

  3. With federal financing in the form of bonds and generous land grants and with the heroic help of the mainly Chinese and Irish laborers, Central Pacific Railroad working eastward and Union Pacific Railroad working westward combined to complete in 1869 the major breakthrough First transcontinental railroad, which linked by rail the eastern states ...

  4. Rail transportation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826 The Canton Viaduct, built in 1834, is still in use today on the Northeast Corridor.. Between 1762 and 1764 a gravity railroad (mechanized tramway) (Montresor's Tramway) was built by British Army engineers up the steep riverside terrain near the Niagara River waterfall's escarpment at the Niagara Portage in Lewiston ...

  5. Timeline of railway history - Wikipedia

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    1838 – The world's first railroad junction is formed in Branchville, South Carolina. The railroad company extended its existing rail that ran between Charleston and the Savannah River to the north toward Orangeburg and Columbia. Both rail lines closely paralleled old Native American trails. 1838 – Edmondson railway ticket introduced.

  6. History of rail in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    A map of Willamette Valley rail lines from 1919. Byron J. Pengra, the Surveyor General of Oregon from 1862 to 1865, secured a federal land grant in 1864 for the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road from Eugene to Owyhee, and proposed a railroad along this line, then joining the transcontinental railroad near Winnemucca, Nevada.

  7. Pennsylvania Railroad - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania Railroad system map in 1893. ... 1900: The Pennsy gains access to Buffalo, New York, via lease of Western New York & Pennsylvania ... when the present ...

  8. Colorado Midland Railway - Wikipedia

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    For a short time the railroad was consolidated with the Aspen Short Line (1893-1897). Following the Panic of 1893, the Santa Fe railroad failed and both it and the Colorado Midland went into receivership. During this time, a crash in the price of silver also led to economic decline in the mining towns served by the railway.

  9. Category:Railroad maps - Wikipedia

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    Images of railroad maps (2 F) Pages in category "Railroad maps" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

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