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An abandoned railroad is a railway line which is no longer used for that purpose. Such lines may be disused railways, closed railways, former railway lines, or derelict railway lines. Some have had all their track and sleepers removed, and others have material remaining from their former usage. There are many hundreds of these throughout the world.
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.
The American Civil War was the first conflict where large armies heavily relied on railroads for transporting supplies. The Confederate States Army 's railroad system was fragile and primarily designed for short hauls of cotton to nearby rivers or ocean port. Due to the South's limited manufacturing and industrial capacity, obtaining new parts ...
The heyday of the American railway is long gone, but in its place, something new has sprung up: the rail trail. Across the country, state and local governments have joined forces to turn abandoned ...
Lehigh and New England Railroad. Lehigh Valley Railroad. Litchfield and Madison Railway. Long Island Rail Road. Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad. Louisiana and Arkansas Railway. Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas Railway. Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company. Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company of Texas.
Length. 8,368 miles (13,467 km) GN's 4-8-4 S-2 "Northern" class locomotive #2584 and nearby sculpture, U.S.–Canada Friendship in Havre, Montana. The Great Northern Railway ( reporting mark GN) was an American Class I railroad. Running from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, it was the creation of 19th-century railroad entrepreneur ...
H. Hawthorne–El Nido Line. Hetch Hetchy Railroad. High Bridge Branch. High Line. Highland Line (Pacific Electric) Hollywood Line. Hume-Bennett Lumber Company. Huntington Beach–La Bolsa Line.