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The Lookout Mountain Incline Railway is a 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge [2] inclined plane funicular railway leading to the top of Lookout Mountain from the historic St. Elmo neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Tennessee and Sequatchie Valley Railroad: 1880 1883 Tennessee Central Railroad: Tennessee Southern Railroad: IC: 1881 1884 Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway: Tennessee State Line Railroad: SOU: 1882 1886 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad: Tennessee Valley Railroad: SOU: 1887 1888 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway
Narrow gauge, replaced by standard gauge Tennessee Pass Tunnel: Tennessee Pass: Colorado: 10,239 ft (3,121 m) (1890), 10,221 ft (3,115 m) (1945) Denver and Rio Grande Railroad: Union Pacific Railroad (dormant) 1890–present (dormant since 1997) Passed through the Tennessee Pass Tunnel (original tunnel built 1890, replaced in 1945) Hagerman Pass
The railroad began as the Powell's Valley Railway, chartered in Tennessee July 24, 1896, to build a railroad line from Knoxville, Tennessee to Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. In 1887 the name was changed to the Powell's Valley Railroad. In 1889 the Powell's Valley Railroad again changed its name, to the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & Louisville Railroad.
The higher clearances in North America enabled bi-level commuter coaches that could hold more passengers. These cars started to become common in the United States in the 1960s. While intercity passenger rail travel declined in the United States during the 1950s, ridership continued to increase in Europe during that time. With the increase came ...
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...
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.
30th Street Station in Philadelphia Omaha station in Omaha, Nebraska, designed as part of the Amtrak Standard Stations Program This is a list of train stations and Amtrak Thruway stops used by Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation in the United States). This list is in alphabetical order by station or stop name, which mostly corresponds to the city in which it is located. If an ...