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...and [[National Highway 14 (Vietnam)|14]], as well as being on the national railroad system. Its economic development has been slowed due, in part, to limited s

...rst Erie Canal was built prior to the construction of the [[North American railroad grid]], and its route through the mountains on the [[United States of Ameri

...1880, its site being the western terminus of the Chicago and North Western Railroad. Soon thereafter, it was named for Pierre Chouteau. an early fur trader. Wh

...e Twentieth Century which turned it into Canada's third [[transcontinental railroad]]. Over-expansion of track and over-extended in credit, the expansion led e ...n in Canada]]. It was chaired by the chairman of the [[New York Central]] Railroad [[Alfred H. Smith]], and assisted by British railway economist [[William M.

...r the issue of [[slavery]], and the city was a "stop" on the [[Underground Railroad]] because of its proximity to slave-holding [[Maryland (U.S. state)|Marylan

{{Image|Alaska Railroad Locomotive.jpg|right|350px| Steam [[locomotive]], [[Skagway]], [[Alaska (U. A '''railway''' (GB) or '''railroad''' (US) is a means of transportation by rail-mounted vehicles for the conve

.../>New York Central Railroad<br />Pennsylvania Railroad<br />Union Pacific Railroad ...to approximately $6,702,700 in 2018.</ref> This development drove several railroad companies' attempts to effectively "reinvent" streamlining (considered to b

...e it necessary to create a territorial infrastructure to allow settlement. Railroad interests were especially eager to start operations since they needed farme ...o make a compromise with the southern senators. In exchange for having the railroad go through Chicago, he would introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. At

...s. A direct competitor to the [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific Railroad's]] ''[[San Joaquin Daylight]]'', the ''Golden Gate's'' scheduled 9-hour an * October 8, 1935: The Santa Fe applies for permission from the California Railroad Commission to operate "''one-ticket, point-to-point, streamlined train serv

...ing days, they conducted [[armed reconnaissance]] and more strikes against railroad facilities. <ref name=Hallion>{{citation

...I recall that the burnt-out "Trenton Makes The World Takes" letters on the railroad bridge were only correctly lit just before Trump visited, one surmises at t

...Line]], owned by a Japanese corporation, terminated in the Leasehold; the railroad provided cover for Japanese intelligence and covert action throughout Manch ...ders of the leased Japanese territory, and take control of towns along the railroad. They then began a campaign to seize major cities of Manchuria. Reports fir

* White, Jr., John H. (1993). ''The American Railroad Freight Car''. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland. IS

A railroad connects the community of [[Hay River, NWT|Hay River]] to the rest of the [

On August 14, 1927, a tugboat of the [[New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad]], towing two barges of railway rolling stock, collided with a train of roc

|event='''1935''': Labor Day Hurricane destroys Overseas Railroad to Key West, kills more than 400.

...stern Railroad and the [[South Manchurian Railway Company|South Manchurian Railroad]], which provide an outlet to Dairen, shall be jointly operated by the esta

...which began operations in February, 1938 in response to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s ''Trail Blazer'', offered "low-cost passage with high-speed convenience * 1937: ''El Capitan'' is conceived to compete with the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]]'s low-cost, high-speed train the ''Trail Blazer''.

...he council created, the first municipal regulatory commission for a street railroad. (Massouh 1977, 204)

...e on the company, and in 1932 Spreckels' heirs sold their interests in the railroad (which was thereafter named the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway) to t ...p. 46</ref> Spreckels raised the additional money required to complete the railroad on is own. Construction delays, attacks by [[Mexico|Mexican]] revolutionari