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  2. History of rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport map of Turkey. Rail technology was introduced to the Ottoman Empire in 1850s, with the first railway in the empire built in 1854 by the British between Cairo and Alexandria. [111] In the modern boundaries of Turkey the first railway was inaugerated in 188, departing from Smyrna, modern day Izmir. [112]

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

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    Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi [1] Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015) Poway–Midland Railroad; Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park; Red Car Trolley; Redwood Valley Railway; Roaring Camp & Big Trees ...

  4. Heritage railway - Wikipedia

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    A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) in the history of rail transport .

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    Historic train at the Cansano railway station, along the now tourist Sulmona–Isernia railway in Italy. Tourist train in transit on a viaduct of the Sassari–Tempio–Palau railway in Italy. Bernina Railway, in the Rhaetian Railway between Italy and Switzerland; inscribed in the World Heritage List of UNESCO; Valmorea railway

  6. Great Central Main Line (diagram) - Wikipedia

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    This is a diagrammatic map of the Great Central Main Line, part of the former Great Central Railway network. The map shows the line as it currently is (please refer to legend), and includes all stations (open or closed). Some nearby lines and branch lines are also shown, though most stations are omitted on such lines if they are closed.

  7. Mine railway - Wikipedia

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    A mine railway (or mine railroad, U.S.), sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine. [1] Materials transported typically include ore , coal and overburden (also called variously spoils, waste, slack, culm, [ 2 ] and tilings; all meaning waste rock).

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  9. Railroads in New England - Wikipedia

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    The first railroad in Connecticut was the New York and Stonington Railroad, which was chartered in May 1832 and began construction in 1833. [9] Rhode Island gained its first railroad company the next month in the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad. The two companies merged under the latter name the next year, before either was completed.