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The Fulton County Railroad (reporting mark FC) is a privately held short-line railroad that runs from Rochester to Argos, Indiana, where it connects with the Norfolk Southern Railway. It is a switching railroad that originally provided service to only one customer, Wilson Fertilizer and Grain in Rochester, and operates approximately 13 miles of ...
Northern Indiana Railroad: NYC: 1837 1855 Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad: Ohio Railway: NKP: 1879 1880 New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: NKP: 1880 1880 New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad: Ohio and Indiana Railroad: PRR: 1851 1856 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
The History Channel's original logo used from January 1, 1995, to February 15, 2008. In the station's early years, the red background was not there, and later it sometimes appeared blue (in documentaries), light green (in biographies), purple (in sitcoms), yellow (in reality shows), or orange (in short form content) instead of red.
The Waterbury Branch is a branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, running north from a junction in the Devon section of Milford to Waterbury, Connecticut. Originally built as the Naugatuck Railroad , it once continued north to Winsted .
The Rochester Railway Company operated a streetcar transit system throughout the city of Rochester from 1890 until its acquisition by Rochester Transit Corp. in 1938. Formed by a group of Pittsburgh investors, the Rochester Railway Company purchased the Rochester City & Brighton Railroad in 1890, followed by a lease of the Rochester Electric Railway in 1894.
Built by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway in 1904, this historic structure is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, wood-frame building with weatherboard siding which was designed in a railroad vernacular-style. It features a generous overhang on all four sides. [2] It housed a restaurant named Tazé until mid-2016. [3]
Rochester was laid out in 1835. The founder Alexander Chamberlain named it for his former hometown of Rochester, New York. [9] The Rochester post office was established in 1836. [10] The Potawatomi Trail of Death came through the town in 1838. [11] Rochester was incorporated as a city in 1853. [1]
On May 24, 1888, the Meriden and Waterbury merged with the Meriden and Cromwell to form the Meriden, Waterbury and Connecticut River Railroad. [3] The Waterbury extension opened as far as Dublin Street on July 4, 1888. [4] Construction on the final section in Waterbury to connect with the New York and New England Railroad (NY&NE) began later ...