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  2. Electric Short Line Railway - Wikipedia

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    The Electric Short Line Railway and the affiliated Electric Short Line Railroad (later renamed the Electric Short Line Terminal Co.) were incorporated in late 1908. Construction started in 1909, but it took until 1913 for the first 3.2 miles (5.1 km) to be completed from 3rd Avenue and 7th Street North (construction was in various stages of ...

  3. List of countries by rail transport network size - Wikipedia

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    Had a railway line from 1883 until 1931 (11 km) and a three line tramway network from 1905 until 1929 (circa 14 km) 470 Micronesia: 583 Nicaragua: Suspended in September 2001 558 Oman: Proposals as part of Gulf Railway. Has a short tourist line at the Al Hoota Cave. 512 Palau: Had an industrial line.

  4. Luce Line Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Electric Short Line Railway was a system that was built from 1917-1927. It extended from Minneapolis to Gluek, serving the small towns in between. The railway changed hands a few times before being abandoned throughout the late 1960s to early 1970s. The Luce Line State Trail was completed west of Plymouth after the line was abandoned in ...

  5. Category:Railway lines by country - Wikipedia

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    Railway lines in New Zealand (7 C, 120 P) Railway lines in Nigeria (4 P) Railway lines in North Macedonia (1 C, 2 P) Railway lines in Norway (28 C, 35 P) P.

  6. List of countries by rail usage - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world with rail density (length of rail network divided by area of country) highlighted. This does not necessarily reflect actual rail use. This is a list of countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport ...

  7. Rail transport by country - Wikipedia

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    Railway map of Africa. ... List of countries by rail transport network size; ... Nock, O. S. 150 years of main line railways (1980) online

  8. List of high-speed railway lines - Wikipedia

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    This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...

  9. Shortline railroad - Wikipedia

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    It was reported in 2009 that shortline railroads employ 20,000 people in the U.S., and own 30 percent of the nation's railroad tracks. About a quarter of all U.S. rail freight travels at least a small part of its journey over a short-line railroad. [4