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1829: On August 8, the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's gravity railroad in northeast Pennsylvania opened using Stourbridge Lion, the first locomotive to run on rails in the United States. [20] It was also a coal railroad. The canal company, chartered in 1823, called itself "America's oldest continually operated transportation company".
Class 1 railroads with intermodal terminals and maritime RoRo ports. In the United States, railroads are designated as Class I, Class II, or Class III, according to size criteria first established by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in 1911, and now governed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB). The STB's current definition of a ...
This list of the oldest companies in the United States includes brands and companies, excluding associations, educational, government or religious organizations. To be listed, a brand or company name must remain, either whole or in part, since inception. To limit the scope of this list, only companies established before 1820 are listed.
A Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad train east of Chama, New Mexico. This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States; there are currently no such railroads in two U.S. states, Mississippi and North Dakota. Visitors aboard the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway in Blue Ridge, Georgia
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (CO) Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW) Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (RI) Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (CNW) Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railroad; Cincinnati, Saginaw, and ...
Boston and Albany Railroad, New York Central Railroad: Boston–Chicago [1921] 1913–1926 Alburgh Express: Rutland Railroad: Ogdensburg, New York–Rutland (city), Vermont [1918] 1914–1918 Alexandria: Pennsylvania: New York–Washington, D.C. [1945] 1941–1958 Alexandrian: Great Northern: St. Paul, Minnesota–Fargo, North Dakota [1941 ...
About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about 160,141 mi (257,722 km) of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. Reporting marks are listed in parentheses. [1] A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR)
History of rail transportation in California; John S. Casement; Central Pacific Railroad; List of Union Pacific Railroad civil engineers 1863 to 1869; History of railroads in Colorado; Commercial Historic District (Potlatch, Idaho) Confederate railroads in the American Civil War; Credit Foncier of America; Crédit Mobilier scandal