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  2. List of heritage railroads in the United States - Wikipedia

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    San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips) San Diego Trolley Silver Line; San Francisco Municipal Railway. E Embarcadero streetcar line; F Market & Wharves streetcar line; San Francisco cable car system; San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed) San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum; Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific ...

  3. List of Virginia railroads - Wikipedia

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    Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad: Elkhorn Southern Railway: ACL/ L&N: 1906 1911 Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Clinchfield Northern Railway: Farmville and Powhatan Railroad: 1884 1905 Tidewater and Western Railroad: Franklin and Carolina Railroad: 1945 1958 Atlantic Coast Line Railroad: Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad: 1878 ...

  4. Oldest railroads in North America - Wikipedia

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    On 22 October 1885, the five foot gauge of the entire line from Meridian to Vicksburg, 152 miles including sidings, was changed to standard gauge of 4 feet 6 inches in about 16 hours. From 1889 the Meridian-Vicksburg Railway line was known as the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway line of the Queen and Crescent Route. [29] Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad

  5. 20 Spectacular Trails That Used to Be Railroads - AOL

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    The Elroy-Sparta State Trail is the nation's oldest rail trail, beginning its second life roughly 50 years ago when Wisconsin purchased the abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line to ...

  6. Bullet Trains Are Coming to America. Too Bad Our Rail Lines ...

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    U.S. rail tracks are typically too old to handle the speed of new train technology. The limits of the rails can reduce the effectiveness of the train speeds, sometimes by more than 100 mph.

  7. Coudersport and Port Allegany Railroad - Wikipedia

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    The western 9 miles (14 km) of the line to Port Allegany were destroyed in a July 18, 1942 flood and the railroad connected to other lines only through Newfield Junction after this. In 1964 the railroad was purchased by the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton Railroad, which finally abandoned it on December 8, 1970. The borough of Coudersport ...

  8. Chancellor, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Chancellor, Virginia is situated about 0.17 miles south of the intersection of Old Plank Road and Chancellor Road. Chancellor was established as a whistle stop on the Potomac, Fredericksburg and Piedmont Railroad , which began service in about 1878.

  9. Spotsylvania County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Spotsylvania County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is a distant suburb approximately 60 miles (90km) south of D.C. It is a part of the Northern Virginia region and the D.C. area.