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The Jupiter (officially known as Central Pacific Railroad #60) was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad. It made history when it joined the Union Pacific No. 119 at Promontory Summit , Utah, during the golden spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.
Abandoned in the Maine North Woods following Eagle Lake and West Branch Railroad service. 4807 4-8-0: October 1898: Southern Pacific Railroad #2914 Kern County Museum, Bakersfield, California: 5007 4-6-0: March 1899: Rio Grande Southern Railroad #20 Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, Colorado - Recently restored to operation on July 2, 2020 ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map.
The Leviathan, officially known as Central Pacific #63, was a 4-4-0 steam locomotive owned by the Central Pacific Railroad.It was notable for helping construct the First transcontinental railroad before hauling Leland Stanford's special train, which was then passed on to sister engine #60, the Jupiter, to take part in the railroad's completion in 1869.
Mississippi and Alabama Railroad: 1922 1950 N/A Mississippi Central Railroad: MSC IC: 1921 1924 N/A Trackage rights over the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad to Mobile: Mississippi, Gainesville and Tuscaloosa Railroad: GM&O: 1854 1870 Mobile and Ohio Railroad: Mobile and Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad: SOU: 1866 1886 Mobile and West Alabama ...
The Wales West Light Railway is a 1.6-kilometre (1 mi) [1] 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge tourist railway in Silverhill, Alabama owned by Ann and Ken Zadnichek. [1] It is built to simulate a Welsh narrow gauge railway. [1] [2] The railway and associated RV park host over 30,000 visitors annually. [1]
The Pine Belt Southern Railroad (reporting mark PBRR) was a shortline railroad formerly operating on two disconnected track segments in east central Alabama. Upon its start in 1995 the railroad ran over a branch from Nuckols to Hurtsboro, Alabama. In 1996 a second branch was acquired, extending from Roanoke, Jct., near Opelika, to Lafayette ...
The line that would become the East and West Railroad of Alabama actually began at the Georgia end, with the Cartersville and Van Wert Railroad, chartered in 1868 to build a 5 ft (1,524 mm) broad gauge route from Cartersville to Prior, near the Alabama state line. The entire 45-mile (72 km) route was graded and 14 miles (23 km) of track was ...