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  2. As of 1906, two-thirds of the rail mileage in the U.S. was controlled by seven entities, with the New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), and Morgan having the largest portions. [55]: 125–6 James J. Hill A Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad wagon at a level crossing, circa 1900.

  3. 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.

  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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    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. 1839 – The first railway in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Italy, opened from Naples to ...

  6. List of named passenger trains of the United States (S–Z)

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    Washington, DC–Buffalo, New York (The Pennsylvania Railroad has several trains with this name with different destinations) [1951] 1877–1891; 1900–1906; 1910–1913; 1918–1927; 1951–1958 Washington Express: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–Washington, DC [1945] 1942–1948 Washington Irving: Amtrak

  7. Oldest railroads in North America - Wikipedia

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    It was absorbed in the 1870s by the longer and wider Park Avenue Tunnel, and is used by all Metro-North Railroad commuter trains. The old tunnel carries the two center tracks, and two new tunnels carry outer tracks. 1837: The Taft Tunnel opened in 1837 for Norwich and Worcester Railroad in Lisbon, Connecticut, north of Norwich, Connecticut ...

  8. List of Pennsylvania railroads - Wikipedia

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    1830 1864 Lehigh Valley Railroad: ... 1900 1901 Clarion, Summerville and Pittsburgh Railroad ... Consolidated Rail Corporation: North Shore Railroad: 1908

  9. List of named passenger trains of the United States (I–M)

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    Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific Railroad: Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California [1948] 1906-1953 Louisiana Daylight: Texas and Pacific: New Orleans, Louisiana – Fort Worth, Texas [1950] 1949-1963 Louisiana Eagle: Texas and Pacific: New Orleans, Louisiana – Fort Worth, Texas [1950] 1949-1963 Louisiana Limited: Texas and Pacific