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- |Alaska Railroad Locomotive.jpg|Alaska Railroad Locomotive1 KB (195 words) - 17:45, 5 March 2024
- ...7802.jpg|thumb|right|350px|{{Ann Arbor No 7802.jpg/credit}}<br />Ann Arbor Railroad No. 7802 in May 2012, the last unit to bear the road's classic orange liver ...lroad''' (AAR reporting mark '''AA''') is a regional (Class III) shortline railroad operating mostly in Michigan. It is the remnant of a 260 mile line that inc6 KB (924 words) - 12:15, 29 May 2016
- ...refers to the older name for [[Long Island]] which was Nassau Island. The railroad was incorporated on March 13, 1893, by [[Patrick H. Flynn]] and became know ...titors, the Atlantic Avenue Railroad, and the Brooklyn, Bath, and West End Railroad.2 KB (339 words) - 13:39, 18 September 2013
- ...n 1984 the federal government took over transportation regulation, but the Railroad Commission kept its name. With an annual budget of $79 million it now focus ...sh and essentially vicious."<ref> See [http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/exhibits/railroad/early/page2.html for quote]</ref> Clark lost the 1892 election to Hogg but8 KB (1,284 words) - 00:27, 31 July 2023
- #Redirect [[Texas Railroad Commission]]39 bytes (4 words) - 13:38, 16 June 2008
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- ...nty Railroad Company''' (AAR reporting mark '''LCRC''') was a short-line [[railroad]] that operated between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, [[Michigan (U.S. s ...ated the lines as essential to the local economy, it in turn purchased the railroad. The state contracted with private companies to operate the line until the2 KB (298 words) - 09:18, 1 July 2023
- ...tral Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).]] ...road''' was the California-to-Utah portion of the First [[Transcontinental Railroad]] in North America. It connected to the new [[Union Pacific]] and when it o14 KB (2,086 words) - 09:38, 8 August 2023
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- ...als without the inclines. Even that was outstripped by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], which roared past it and consigned the system to history. [[Image:Portage Railroad 1839.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Portage Railroad 1839.jpg/credit}}<br />Head of Plane No. 6 in Cresson, [[Pennsylvania (U.S.7 KB (1,186 words) - 19:50, 6 March 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad]]48 bytes (5 words) - 15:26, 29 July 2007
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- A former Class I railroad, now a regional short-line railroad operating mostly in Michigan.127 bytes (17 words) - 09:31, 22 February 2009
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- * Childs, William R. ''The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-Twentieth Centur * Childs, William R. "Origins of the Texas Railroad Commission's Power to Control Production of Petroleum: Regulatory Strategie1 KB (198 words) - 19:31, 22 February 2009
- ...?id=3i6K_Nf9e2EC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false Adrian and Blissfield Railroad Co.]," 15-16. ''American Shortline Railway Guide''. 5th ed. Milwaukee: K256 bytes (39 words) - 09:21, 28 November 2010
- ...[[Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works]]. It consisted of 82 miles of [[railroad|rail]] from Vine and Broad Streets in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadel ...on the same kind of sandstone sleeper stones used by the Allegheny Portage Railroad.4 KB (655 words) - 06:49, 28 March 2023
- A short-line railroad that operated between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, Michigan.122 bytes (14 words) - 15:13, 16 September 2013
- 91 bytes (13 words) - 19:02, 30 January 2011
- 12 bytes (1 word) - 11:17, 24 September 2007
- California-to-Utah portion of the first transcontinental railroad in North America.119 bytes (13 words) - 06:44, 18 November 2011
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- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Ann Arbor Railroad]]. Needs checking by a human.443 bytes (58 words) - 10:56, 11 January 2010
- 12 bytes (1 word) - 06:34, 26 September 2007
- There is also a legacy site at http://www.annarbor-railroad.com/ but this does not seem to have been updated since 2006. ...2.pdf Watco Media Release, 12/27/2012: "Watco Agrees to Purchase Ann Arbor Railroad"]891 bytes (116 words) - 12:20, 29 May 2016
- {{r|Railroad}}28 bytes (3 words) - 15:14, 16 September 2013
- ...ilroad/intro.html "Hazardous Business: Industry, Regulation, and the Texas Railroad Commission"] from Texas State Library and Archives Commission * [http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/ Railroad Commission of Texas, official website]279 bytes (39 words) - 19:32, 22 February 2009
- ...ffrey. "[http://www.trainweb.org/chlopak/ A Tribute to the Lenawee County Railroad]." Trainweb, 2003. ...ad-in-michigan/ Riding Into History on the ‘Old Road’ in Michigan]." Akron Railroad Club, September 2010.839 bytes (104 words) - 22:09, 28 November 2010
- {{r|Railroad}} Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Allegheny Portage Railroad]]. Needs checking by a human.608 bytes (80 words) - 10:15, 17 September 2013
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- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Texas Railroad Commission]]. Needs checking by a human.536 bytes (70 words) - 01:53, 31 July 2023
- '''Ann Arbor Railroad v. United States''' was a 1930 U.S. Supreme Court case which defined the Ho524 bytes (75 words) - 10:17, 13 December 2011
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad]]. Needs checking by a human. {{r|Allegheny Portage Railroad}}540 bytes (70 words) - 15:32, 11 January 2010
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- <!--[[Railway history/Catalogs/Railroads|Individual Railroad articles on CZ]]--> {{pl|Ann Arbor Railroad}}<br />679 bytes (94 words) - 11:26, 27 February 2016
- ...ffrey. "[http://www.trainweb.org/chlopak/ A Tribute to the Lenawee County Railroad]." Trainweb, 2003. ...ad-in-michigan/ Riding Into History on the ‘Old Road’ in Michigan]." Akron Railroad Club, September 2010.839 bytes (104 words) - 22:09, 28 November 2010
- A former Class I railroad, now a regional short-line railroad operating mostly in Michigan.127 bytes (17 words) - 09:31, 22 February 2009
- {{r|Atlantic & St. Lawrence Railroad}} {{r|Rutland Railroad}}541 bytes (72 words) - 07:23, 26 April 2011
- ...ilroad/intro.html "Hazardous Business: Industry, Regulation, and the Texas Railroad Commission"] from Texas State Library and Archives Commission * [http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/ Railroad Commission of Texas, official website]279 bytes (39 words) - 19:32, 22 February 2009
- ...ilway that operated between December 12, 1911 and May 1, 1917. It was the railroad's first extra-fare train.218 bytes (30 words) - 14:46, 10 July 2014
- ...eloper, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1919, dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges invo274 bytes (38 words) - 11:29, 25 July 2013
- ...s a regional Canadian railroad that became Canada's third transcontinental railroad, Canada's largest business failure, and the foundation for the Canadian Nat241 bytes (30 words) - 14:27, 8 February 2010
- ...of a full-service, sit-down restaurant. It is distinct from other types of railroad food service cars that do not duplicate the full-service restaurant experie266 bytes (40 words) - 19:33, 4 September 2013
- {{r|Railroad}} Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Allegheny Portage Railroad]]. Needs checking by a human.608 bytes (80 words) - 10:15, 17 September 2013
- There is also a legacy site at http://www.annarbor-railroad.com/ but this does not seem to have been updated since 2006. ...2.pdf Watco Media Release, 12/27/2012: "Watco Agrees to Purchase Ann Arbor Railroad"]891 bytes (116 words) - 12:20, 29 May 2016
- {{r|Railroad}}28 bytes (3 words) - 15:14, 16 September 2013
- #Redirect [[Texas Railroad Commission]]39 bytes (4 words) - 13:38, 16 June 2008
- ...ucting the [[Canadian Pacific Railroad]], [[Canada]]'s first cross-country railroad, which paralleled the river.507 bytes (74 words) - 00:47, 15 February 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad]]48 bytes (5 words) - 15:26, 29 July 2007
- * Childs, William R. ''The Texas Railroad Commission: Understanding Regulation in America to the Mid-Twentieth Centur * Childs, William R. "Origins of the Texas Railroad Commission's Power to Control Production of Petroleum: Regulatory Strategie1 KB (198 words) - 19:31, 22 February 2009
- [[railroad]] tracks set wider than 1435 mm apart84 bytes (10 words) - 20:25, 5 July 2014
- {{r|Underground Railroad}} {{r|Underground Railroad}}467 bytes (64 words) - 16:05, 1 December 2010
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A U.S. railroad in southern Great Lakes region.82 bytes (12 words) - 14:26, 15 October 2010
- A railroad system running from [[London, United Kingdom]] to [[Glasgow]]108 bytes (13 words) - 07:33, 20 April 2024
- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}370 bytes (55 words) - 20:03, 10 September 2013
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- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}346 bytes (51 words) - 20:09, 4 September 2013
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- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}406 bytes (60 words) - 16:11, 8 March 2014
- California-to-Utah portion of the first transcontinental railroad in North America.119 bytes (13 words) - 06:44, 18 November 2011
- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}330 bytes (43 words) - 10:33, 28 March 2023
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- A short-line railroad that operated between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, Michigan.122 bytes (14 words) - 15:13, 16 September 2013
- ...ude>Steam locomotive engine which was part of the now defunct Nickel Plate Railroad.115 bytes (16 words) - 21:03, 14 October 2010
- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}277 bytes (40 words) - 15:05, 15 August 2013
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- ...05|title=Riding the Transcontinental Rails: Overland Travel on the Pacific Railroad 1865-1881|publisher=Polyglot Press, Philadelphia, PA|id=ISBN 1411599934}} ...=Deverell, William|year=1994|title=Railroad Crossing: Californians and the Railroad 1850–1910|publisher=University of California Press, Los Angeles, CA|i801 bytes (110 words) - 20:33, 19 July 2013
- Late 19th-century American railroad equipment salesman and bon vivant, famous for his enormous appetite.140 bytes (17 words) - 16:25, 4 February 2009
- ...in 1830 by American inventor [[Peter Cooper]] for the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]].139 bytes (17 words) - 15:13, 5 March 2009
- The first [[railroad]] tunnel in the [[United States of America]].102 bytes (13 words) - 14:08, 2 February 2023
- {{r|Railroad}} {{r|Central Pacific Railroad}}333 bytes (44 words) - 10:33, 28 March 2023
- ...ipsio.com/~yulee/history.html About David Levy Yulee's role in the Florida Railroad]113 bytes (17 words) - 03:44, 14 September 2013
- Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad]]. Needs checking by a human. {{r|Allegheny Portage Railroad}}540 bytes (70 words) - 15:32, 11 January 2010
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- *[http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/railroad.htm ''Guide to Railroad History''] web links to primary and scholarly sources133 bytes (19 words) - 22:24, 18 December 2012
- The modern and historic [[railroad|rail]] transportation system of the [[United Kingdom]]125 bytes (15 words) - 12:18, 1 June 2009
- ...51-1929) was a Detroit, Michigan, lawyer, member of Congress, and electric railroad promoter.148 bytes (19 words) - 21:44, 27 January 2010
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A piece of railroad rolling stock outfitted with cooling apparatus and designed to carry perish168 bytes (22 words) - 14:40, 12 August 2013
- ...m locomotive.jpg|right|350px|A [[steam locomotive]] of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]], [[United States of America|USA]].}} ...t commonly run on wheels on each of the units which roll on the track or [[railroad]]. Early trains were powered by [[steam locomotive]]s, but today most trai1 KB (174 words) - 07:20, 24 February 2011
- ...ng through the swamps and pine forests from the ocean to the gulf. Yulee’s railroad opened up the center of the state and planted new towns in the wilderness.693 bytes (110 words) - 03:43, 14 September 2013
- ...pleted in 1832, it was sold to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1857. The railroad continued to operate it until 1872. ==Ownership by the Railroad==3 KB (380 words) - 02:20, 24 October 2013
- ...]. It was sold along with the rest of the Main Line to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1857, which operated the canal until about 1901. ...ther to the east, down to Columbia, and meet the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad.<ref name="Amazing">William H. Shank, P.E. (2001) ''The Amazing Pennsylvani3 KB (472 words) - 22:58, 5 February 2010
- {{r|Allegheny Portage Railroad}} {{r|Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad}}718 bytes (95 words) - 09:38, 29 June 2023
- ...?id=3i6K_Nf9e2EC&lpg=PP1&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false Adrian and Blissfield Railroad Co.]," 15-16. ''American Shortline Railway Guide''. 5th ed. Milwaukee: K256 bytes (39 words) - 09:21, 28 November 2010
- ...nty Railroad Company''' (AAR reporting mark '''LCRC''') was a short-line [[railroad]] that operated between 1977 and 1990 in Lenawee County, [[Michigan (U.S. s ...ated the lines as essential to the local economy, it in turn purchased the railroad. The state contracted with private companies to operate the line until the2 KB (298 words) - 09:18, 1 July 2023
- ...d States senator from Florida who was the driving force behind the Florida Railroad, the state’s first trans-state line.177 bytes (23 words) - 22:08, 12 July 2008
- A structure to take a road, railroad, footpath, conveyer belt, or other structure over an unpassable obstacle, s181 bytes (27 words) - 06:19, 28 August 2009
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>A railroad passenger car that had been constructed specifically to serve as a "mobile232 bytes (30 words) - 09:37, 20 August 2013
- Short line, standard gauge American railroad founded in 1933 by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company as a direct218 bytes (30 words) - 05:06, 17 October 2013
- Since [[railroad]]s use pairs of parallel rails, special sections of track are required to b158 bytes (24 words) - 20:33, 5 July 2014
- ...us of the Main Line. Completed in 1831, it was sold to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in 1857. ==Ownership by the Railroad==3 KB (514 words) - 19:50, 6 March 2024
- ...utsch, Reena|year=2011|title=San Diego and Arizona Railway: The Impossible Railroad|publisher=Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC|id=ISBN 978-0-7385-8148-8}} ...uthor=Hanft, Robert M.|year=1984|title=San Diego & Arizona: The Impossible Railroad|publisher=Trans-Anglo Books, Glendale, CA|id=ISBN 0-87046-071-4}}1 KB (172 words) - 19:16, 5 August 2013
- ...[[Darfur]], near the border with [[Chad]]; Sudanese terminus of the unsafe railroad that continues into Chad; linked by dirt road to [[El Fasher]]; much more l245 bytes (35 words) - 16:40, 10 August 2009
- [[Red Sea]] port of [[Sudan]], reached by modern highway and railroad cut through rugged territory to [[Khartoum]]; landing of major undersea [[f233 bytes (32 words) - 16:42, 10 August 2009
- ...[[Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works]]. It consisted of 82 miles of [[railroad|rail]] from Vine and Broad Streets in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadel ...on the same kind of sandstone sleeper stones used by the Allegheny Portage Railroad.4 KB (655 words) - 06:49, 28 March 2023
- ...lude>An American entrepreneur, developer of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car and founder of a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late 19t239 bytes (35 words) - 15:45, 12 August 2013
- * {{cite book|author=Duke, Donald|year=1995|title=Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume One|publisher=Golden West Books, San M195 bytes (31 words) - 11:17, 7 July 2014
- ...nton]]/[[Guangzhou]] style home cooking prepared not by skilled chefs, but railroad workers and other laborers; some dishes, such as [[chop suey]], first appea263 bytes (41 words) - 11:05, 3 July 2009
- ...ad Line, owned by a Japanese corporation, terminated in the Leasehold; the railroad provided cover for Japanese intelligence and covert action throughout Manch994 bytes (139 words) - 04:06, 6 September 2010
- ...en featuring a creek in the lowest space often with a roadway or trail and railroad tracks.265 bytes (40 words) - 08:19, 17 May 2009
- ...refers to the older name for [[Long Island]] which was Nassau Island. The railroad was incorporated on March 13, 1893, by [[Patrick H. Flynn]] and became know ...titors, the Atlantic Avenue Railroad, and the Brooklyn, Bath, and West End Railroad.2 KB (339 words) - 13:39, 18 September 2013
- ...train'' passenger cars and locomotive No. 2 sit in storage at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay in August, 1970, prior to restoration. ...credit}}<br />One of the two [[Disneyland Railroad|Santa Fe and Disneyland Railroad's]] ''[[Viewliner]]'' trains prepares to depart the ''Tomorrowland'' statio2 KB (339 words) - 14:09, 25 August 2013
- ...different methods of [[transportation]] such as [[ship]], [[airplane]], [[railroad]], [[balloon]], or [[spaceship]]. In Britain, it's spelled '''traveller''';310 bytes (38 words) - 20:46, 12 April 2010
- ...al records, a task simplified by standardized bookkeeping systems. For any railroad that resisted, the ICC's conditions would remain in effect until the outcom ...Act was a subset of one of President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s major goals: railroad regulation.2 KB (300 words) - 20:00, 22 February 2009
- <noinclude>{{Subpages}}</noinclude>At first a Japanese-owned [[railroad]] with a terminus in the [[Kwangtung Leasehold]], eventually a diversified291 bytes (38 words) - 16:12, 5 September 2010
- ...992|title=The Harvey House Cookbook: Memories of Dining along the Santa Fe Railroad|publisher=Longstreet Press, Atlanta, GA|id=ISBN 1-56352-357-4}} ...3|title=Dining by Rail: The History and Recipes of America's Golden Age of Railroad Cuisine|publisher=St. Martin's Press, New York, NY|id=ISBN 0-312-18711-4}}1 KB (182 words) - 23:43, 23 September 2013
- ...ennsylvania Main Line of Public Works which ran from the Allegheny Portage Railroad in the east into Pittsburgh, the western terminus of the Main Line.229 bytes (36 words) - 07:50, 18 November 2011
- ...Chicago, Illinois, and paralleled [[William H. Vanderbilt]]'s [[Lake Shore Railroad]] for the entire length of its route. Thus it has been suggested that the ...that Bellevue paid so much for the privilege that one would think the new railroad was Nickel Plated. Other stories reference the quality of construction of4 KB (620 words) - 13:36, 15 January 2011
- ...tern Railway]], the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]], and the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] also bore the moniker ''Overland Limited''.1 KB (152 words) - 10:25, 10 July 2014
- * [http://www.barstowrailmuseum.org/ Western America Railroad Museum] official web site372 bytes (50 words) - 14:11, 15 August 2013
- ...the passenger and freight transportations. As opposed to what are called [[railroad]]s in American English, they have stayed active and efficient, and indeed o303 bytes (47 words) - 12:15, 1 June 2009
- ...127 miles to the west to Hollidaysburg, where it met the Allegheny Portage Railroad.257 bytes (40 words) - 12:10, 16 June 2008
- [http://vermonthistory.org/documents/findaid/vtcentrl.pdf Vermont Central Railroad Records, 1849-1880], Leahy Library, [http://vermonthistory.org/research/lea Lubetkin, M. John. ''Jay Cooke's Gamble: The Northern Pacific Railroad, the Sioux, and the Panic of 1873.'' Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,2 KB (267 words) - 09:38, 17 July 2016
- * {{cite book|author=Duke, Donald|year=1997|title=Santa Fe...The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume 2|publisher=Golden West Books, San Mar ...uthor=Schafer, Mike & Joe Welsh|year=2002|title=Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon|publisher=MBI Publishing Company, St. Paul, MN|id=ISBN 0-7603-1371-7}}960 bytes (148 words) - 11:37, 28 August 2014
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- ...iegohistory.org/journal/94fall/carriso.htm "Formidable Places: Building a Railroad in Carriso Gorge"] details some of the history of the SD&A that appeared in413 bytes (62 words) - 14:31, 25 July 2013
- ...region's population density is low. Transportation is largely by river or railroad.307 bytes (45 words) - 22:26, 2 January 2024
- ...the [[United States of America]]. Constructed for the [[Allegheny Portage Railroad]] section of the [[Pennsylvania Main Line of Public Works]], it is located ...Appleton, who were contracted for both the tunnel and for Section 7 of the Railroad on May 25, 1831. Construction began on April 12, 1831, with [[Samuel Jones5 KB (729 words) - 08:51, 2 March 2024
- ...award|year=1999|title=Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad|publisher=Viking Press, New York, NY|id=ISBN 0-670-80889-X}} ...hor=Daniels, Rudolph|year=2000|title=Across the Continent: North American Railroad History|publisher=Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN|id=ISBN 0-253-22 KB (386 words) - 22:18, 18 December 2012
- ...the south. It is on the Hanoi-Lao Cai railroad, which connects to the main railroad system.1 KB (187 words) - 23:16, 14 February 2009
- ...cisco in the Summer of 1859''] (1860). Book advocating a Transcontinental Railroad662 bytes (94 words) - 23:13, 14 September 2013
- ...The 1854 Gadsden Purchase and the Building of the Second Transcontinental Railroad Across Arizona and New Mexico Twenty-Five Years Later'' (2004) 283 pp. popu ...lture'' 2001 35(2): 161-169. Issn: 0022-3840 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]], stresses railroad speculation and corruption themes1 KB (177 words) - 13:06, 15 February 2009
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- ...Columbia in the east, where it connected to the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, to Duncan's Island in the west, where it met the Juniata Division and the315 bytes (50 words) - 09:13, 16 June 2008
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- ...t}}<br />Santa Fe #2, an EMD E1 locomotive is featured on the cover of the railroad's 1946 promotional publication [http://www.titchenal.com/atsf/ayw1946/ "Alo1 KB (221 words) - 14:32, 8 October 2014
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- ...''Super C'' consists. #95 (seen here in July, 2003 at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California) began life in December, 1967 as Santa Fe #10 ...he home signal at the crossing with the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]]) is dropping from a high green to red.</ref>1 KB (200 words) - 19:17, 29 September 2014
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- ...uke, Donald |authorlink=Donald Norman Duke |year=1997|title=Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume Two|publisher=[[Golden West Books]] |l ...year=1997|title=CF7 Locomotives: From Cleburne to Everywhere|publisher=The Railroad Press, Hanover, PA|isbn=0-9657709-0-7}}2 KB (207 words) - 20:52, 22 August 2013
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- ...als without the inclines. Even that was outstripped by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], which roared past it and consigned the system to history. [[Image:Portage Railroad 1839.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Portage Railroad 1839.jpg/credit}}<br />Head of Plane No. 6 in Cresson, [[Pennsylvania (U.S.7 KB (1,186 words) - 19:50, 6 March 2024
- * {{cite book|author=Duke, Donald|year=1997|title=Santa Fe...The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume 2|publisher=Golden West Books, San Mar ...992|title=The Harvey House Cookbook: Memories of Dining along the Santa Fe Railroad|publisher=Longstreet Press, Atlanta, GA|id=ISBN 1-56352-357-4}}2 KB (290 words) - 10:21, 25 September 2014
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- * [http://www.csrmf.org/events-exhibits/railroad-car-favorites/fruit-growers-express-company-refrigerator-car-no-35832 Fruit ...a wooden ice-type "reefer" on display at the [http://www.irm.org/ Illinois Railroad Museum].2 KB (296 words) - 12:36, 18 May 2015
- ...us|first=|title= 'Empire Builder' Hill's Grandson Builds a Jounceless Railroad Car|journal=LIFE Magazine|volume=8|issue=21|pages=41-42|date=May 20, 1940}} * {{cite book|author=Duke, Donald|year=1995|title=Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume One|publisher=Golden West Books, San M2 KB (279 words) - 20:48, 9 August 2013
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- ...After the war, Cooke sought to turn his sales talents to the marketing of railroad bonds, in particular those of the Northern Pacific. <!--Lubetkin--> ...ern Pacific (a railroad that [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] derisively called a "railroad built from nowhere to nowhere") would not be making good on its bonds, he k3 KB (481 words) - 12:54, 20 November 2016
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- ...B-17 Flying Fortresses and British Lancasters hammered away at the French railroad system, complemented by Resistance fighters sabotaged some 350 locomotives ...ries, and other choke points. The "transportation policy" of targeting the railroad system came in for intense debate among Allied strategists. It was argued t5 KB (767 words) - 14:13, 6 April 2024
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- ...ay to the port of [[Haiphong]]; Hanoi and Haiphong also are connected by [[railroad]], which continues into China.1 KB (170 words) - 10:09, 28 February 2024
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- ...ath. He is credited with the development of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car which allowed his company to ship dressed meats to all parts of the cou ...disambiguation)|New York]] during the winter months over the [[Grand Trunk Railroad]] (GTR). The method proved too limited to be profitable.18 KB (2,795 words) - 09:18, 1 July 2023
- * McAfee, Ward. ''California's Railroad Era, 1850-1911'' (1973) * McAfee, Ward. ''California's Railroad Era, 1850-1911'' (1973)14 KB (1,874 words) - 20:32, 20 April 2008
- As interest in the building of the transcontinental railroad developed, so too did interest in settlement of the lands of the Great Plai4 KB (583 words) - 09:37, 8 August 2023
- ...ng, so that by 1850, Germany was self sufficient in meeting the demands of railroad construction, and the railways were a major impetus for the growth of the n ...e lines, with military goals in mind, as exemplified by the Trans-Siberian railroad, and with the aid of foreign funding. While the modernizing dreams of Count8 KB (1,211 words) - 16:06, 8 September 2020
- ...ethnic diversity from immigrants drawn by the promotions of steamship and railroad companies which emphasized the availability of jobs and farmland. The 1869 opening of the [[Central Pacific Railroad]]- [[Union Pacific Railroad]] gave the nation fast transcontinental service (six days from New York to16 KB (2,375 words) - 15:27, 19 January 2024
- ...The humus dried up when the protective tree cover was removed. Sparks from railroad locomotives, saw mills and logger's warming fires easily ignited this humus ...low old logging railroad grades, and occasionally you see some remnants of railroad ties and metal equipment. Trails do not have blazes and may or may not have14 KB (2,240 words) - 12:53, 9 August 2023
- ...Paso freight pool, while others spent their years running up and down the railroad's "Coast Lines." The units became known "slushbuckets" among rail fans in r7 KB (963 words) - 23:36, 24 August 2013
- ...[[Media:CWRY517.JPG|Commonwealth Railway]] and the [[Maryland and Delaware Railroad]] (6 were involved in wrecks and 3 others sent directly to the scrap yards) ..., Big Trees and Pacific Railway]], a popular California heritage (tourist) railroad, owns and operates two CF7s.10 KB (1,476 words) - 01:10, 17 December 2013
- ...over 35,000 passengers a year. In 1874 it was bought by the Jersey Central railroad, but this did not halt the profitable journeys down the mountain. The area ...coasters with tracks made out of wood and are made similar to traditional railroad tracks. Often the wheels of these types of coasters will have the same whee11 KB (1,869 words) - 19:50, 6 March 2024
- ...came in 1825 when he built the [[Stockton and Darlington]] line, a 12 mile railroad that proved the technology. On his first run, his locomotive pulled 38 fre ...r facilities to compete with railways, used political power to try to stop railroad charters. The railways responded by purchasing about a fourth of the canal10 KB (1,554 words) - 16:09, 8 September 2020
- ...es were salvaged from the property and installed on the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] depot located in Burlingame, California (the first permanent structure co4 KB (643 words) - 14:29, 19 March 2023
- Tillman took the lead in railroad regulation, though his foe Republican President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] out-4 KB (615 words) - 10:07, 6 August 2023
- ...p to four stories high completely framed in wood are common, and some long railroad bridges and tall roller coasters have been constructed primarily of wood.4 KB (724 words) - 23:40, 21 July 2020
- ...r wind energy projects, giant steel pressure vessels for oil refining, and railroad locomotives for export). Other bulk goods carried on the Great Lakes includ6 KB (800 words) - 01:15, 14 February 2024
- *Chairman, [[Railroad Retirement Board]] *Administrator, [[Federal Railroad Administration]]36 KB (4,569 words) - 07:53, 29 May 2023
- [[Image:Rail tracks @ Coina train station 04.jpg|thumb|250px|alt=Picture of railroad tracks.|Straight railway tracks may be considered as segments of parallel l5 KB (852 words) - 05:23, 17 April 2010
- ...in 1887, Morgan set up conferences in 1889 and 1890 that brought together railroad presidents in order to help the industry follow the new laws and write agre ...ng to dominate not only steel but also the construction of bridges, ships, railroad cars and rails, wire, nails, and a host of other products. With U.S. Steel,15 KB (2,378 words) - 10:18, 8 April 2023
- ...he passenger cars bore the words "'''SANTA FE'''" in black, extra extended Railroad Roman letters. The design of the ''Valley Flyer's'' "drumhead" was inspired4 KB (586 words) - 08:34, 6 March 2024
- The railroad, which first came to the Northwest in the 1870s and 1880s, further tied the4 KB (684 words) - 09:51, 5 August 2023
- Polson felt that the Federal government was unfairly subsidizing railroad industry, and that comparable subsidies should be offered to the shipping a5 KB (760 words) - 19:42, 2 January 2024
- ...nd support Blaine was charged with graft and corruption in the awarding of railroad charters. The proof or falsity of the charges was supposed to rest in the s9 KB (1,343 words) - 16:41, 22 March 2023
- ...ber baron]]s and fast-growing corporations, particularly of the mining and railroad industries. The Rideouts lead more free-spirited lives, which cross paths f4 KB (672 words) - 23:03, 11 January 2009
- ...anded the lines into a unified network utilizing electric street cars. The railroad's original network consisted of five routes; at its peak in 1925 the system The railroad's original network consisted of five routes, delineated as follows:19 KB (2,907 words) - 09:26, 6 July 2023
- ...on conditions in the coalfields. [[George Baer]], President of the Reading Railroad, one of the leading employers in the industry, brushed aside both proposals ...Baer, who spoke for the industry throughout the strike, as the head of the railroad.13 KB (2,093 words) - 16:40, 22 March 2023
- ...a keen business acumen and in so doing, ensured that the [[Central Pacific Railroad]] during the building of the great transcontinental project would run throu ...assume that both Fuller and Lake had prior knowledge of the coming of the railroad through the Truckee Meadows and that it appeared all but certain as early a22 KB (3,594 words) - 01:55, 2 January 2010
- ...liced with other footage from the band's archive. The clip also features a railroad montage, and underwater shots of the Mississippi River. The song reached nu5 KB (684 words) - 18:47, 3 April 2024
- ...und, Christopher. ''The Indiana Rail Road Company: America's New Regional Railroad.'' 2006. 254 pp.5 KB (664 words) - 12:57, 23 June 2023
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- ...ar the largest industrial corporation, reported an sharp drop in business; railroad earnings began to sag; the money market tightened up, making it difficult t ...lved in a speculative pool in the stock of the [[Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company]] (TCI). Moore and Schley had pledged over six millions of TCI sto10 KB (1,482 words) - 17:04, 9 November 2014
- ...y History, he created a Lines of Communications department that dealt with railroad-based mobilization, operational movement, and logistics. Since use of railr11 KB (1,673 words) - 14:08, 2 February 2023
- ...n experienced [[Germany|German]] firm has been ready to build and fund the railroad, there has been slow progress in getting Kenyan approval for the project. T10 KB (1,548 words) - 03:16, 21 March 2024
- The Corporation plans to construct a [[railroad line]] to transport the ore to a port for transhipment.<ref name=RailwayGaz ...= Huge iron road to turn Baffin into Nunavut’s industrial hub: Mary River railroad: two tunnels, 24 bridges, 300 culverts19 KB (2,817 words) - 19:12, 19 October 2013
- ...ssenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] (AT&SF). The railroad's flagship line (owing to the high level of service and popularity), it was ...icago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad|Rock Island]] and [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]] railroads. Making its way through mostly sparsely popula34 KB (4,986 words) - 11:31, 1 October 2014
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- ...ed official, government advisor and diplomat. As heir to the Union Pacific railroad fortune,he was by 1932, its chairman of the board, as well as being involve5 KB (787 words) - 08:34, 21 March 2024
- ...banker and then organized a national bank in Springfield. He was active in railroad promotion and as an agent for farm machinery.<ref> Robert E., Coleberd, Jr. ...orkers into a large-scale "control strike," a week-long walkout by miners, railroad workers, and other union members that sought to ensure workers' control ove13 KB (1,893 words) - 12:58, 22 June 2023
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- ...red China in 1644. In the 1890s, Russia penetrated the region by obtaining railroad concessions and a leasehold that included Dairen and Port Arthur. As Wester6 KB (801 words) - 07:15, 31 March 2024
- ...one in 5 even got within five miles. If the aiming point was a factory or railroad yard, fewer than 10% of the bombs that did land there would do any real dam ...ries, and other choke points. The "transportation policy" of targeting the railroad system came in for intense debate among Allied strategists. It was argued t19 KB (2,926 words) - 10:45, 27 March 2024
- ...ertainly before computers were available, and probably from the Tech Model Railroad Club. In its original MIT form, it primarily referred to practical jokes th6 KB (943 words) - 05:48, 8 April 2024
- ...e Finance Officials School (1910), the Tax Collectors School (1911), and a Railroad Officials School opened in (1915). None of these were considered of univer5 KB (761 words) - 23:25, 19 February 2010
- ...''" Manvel felt he could attract business and enhance the prestige of the railroad by establishing daily, first-class service from Chicago to the West Coast.6 KB (825 words) - 10:19, 30 July 2023
- ...agler, (1830-1913), a member of the Harkness family. Flagler excelled as a railroad and pipleine specialist, a drafter and enforcer of contracts, and the spark ...wars by guaranteeing an agreed upon share of freight to each railroad. The railroad could no longer increase its market share by lowering its price. In exchang25 KB (3,847 words) - 10:17, 8 April 2023
- ...erator car''' (or '''"reefer"''') is a refrigerated [[boxcar]], a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures Outside of North America, railroad cars which have been outfitted with cooling equipment (and designated as Cl38 KB (5,625 words) - 08:35, 6 March 2024
- ...ned connections with the Maritimes, with a goal of competing with American railroad lines heading west to the Pacific. Joseph Howe, Charles Tupper, and other N6 KB (777 words) - 11:19, 30 March 2023
- ...ortant laws came in the 1890s with the adoption of legislation segregating railroad cars in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] as the first genuine Jim Crow law. By 19 **1865: Railroad statute — "Negroes or mulattoes who intruded into any railroad car reserved for white persons would be found guilty of a misdemeanor and,26 KB (4,083 words) - 13:56, 9 February 2024
- Bourbon Democrats represented business interests, supported banking and railroad goals, promoted [[laissez-faire]] capitalism, opposed imperialism and U.S.5 KB (777 words) - 13:29, 20 March 2023
- ...niformed troops, operating openly, in a chain of command, was to destroy a railroad tunnel behind German lines.<ref name=RiseFall>{{citation6 KB (907 words) - 07:32, 31 March 2024
- ...ed area Also, the area lent itself to expansion, both because it had good railroad connections and because Poles "considered this remote corner of their coun6 KB (857 words) - 03:13, 27 March 2024
- ...ident was triggered by Japanese probes. The Japanese, 100 miles from their railroad in Mongolia, thought they had a logistical advantage. They fought to a draw6 KB (857 words) - 21:31, 3 October 2010
- ...Creek massacre]]. Finally, the westward movement of the [[transcontinental railroad]] had stretched all the way across Kansas, bringing with it with many perma ...ublican]] and [[Smoky Hill River]]s using the 10th Cavalry. To protect the railroad, Sheridan ordered his aide, [[Major]] George Alexander Forsyth of the 9th C12 KB (1,918 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- *[[Allegheny Portage Railroad/Definition]] *[[Ann Arbor Railroad/Definition]]15 KB (1,521 words) - 09:02, 2 March 2024
- ...ockyards, and especially for the construction of the first major British [[Railroad|Railway]], the Great Western, and for inventing the modern iron ship.6 KB (876 words) - 10:15, 5 March 2024
- ...conomy. It listed 154 German targets in order of priority (electric power, railroad yards and bridges, synthetic oil plants, aircraft factories). By assuming h ...me targets because they contained most of the enemy's munitions factories, railroad yards, government offices and communications centers. According to Air Forc31 KB (4,759 words) - 04:41, 12 November 2013
- One application, which lends itself to the horizontal placement, is welding railroad rails. A relatively small amount of thermite can replace cumbersome gas wel7 KB (1,047 words) - 11:35, 22 March 2024
- ...ned connections with the Maritimes, with a goal of competing with American railroad lines heading west to the Pacific. [[Joseph Howe]], [[Charles Tupper]], an6 KB (995 words) - 16:12, 8 September 2020
- ...st, Florida, to the mainland. The PWA also electrified the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] between New York and Washington, DC. The PWA did not create as much affo6 KB (930 words) - 08:57, 19 September 2013
- .../credit}}<br />An aerial view of Disneyland in 1956, with the [[Disneyland Railroad]] route (which, at the time, encircled the entire park) visible.]]7 KB (1,007 words) - 00:00, 31 May 2013
- ...fornia. Unfortunately, harmonic vibrations from the nearby [[Union Pacific Railroad]] main line has weakened the unreinforced masonry structures over the years7 KB (1,077 words) - 15:30, 8 March 2023
- ...agricultural markets, Populists mounted the most determined opposition to railroad expansion. They blamed the practices of railway corporations for much of th ...Farmers' Alliance and the Populist demand for government ownership of the railroad is a phase of the same effort of the pioneer farmer, on his latest frontier21 KB (2,986 words) - 12:42, 11 July 2023
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- ...iles were salvaged from the property and installed on the Southern Pacific Railroad depot located in Burlingame, California (the first permanent structure cons7 KB (993 words) - 15:30, 8 March 2023
- ...orth Western Railway, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Union Pacific Railroad between Chicago and Oakland, California until 1971.14 KB (2,156 words) - 15:28, 8 March 2023
- ...were elected to local, state and national office. Many of them represented railroad and industrial interests and used political power to help those economic in ...that, "As Republican leaders increasingly came under the sway of Northern railroad men and industrialists, the Republican Party would abandon its commitment t18 KB (2,791 words) - 09:02, 9 August 2023
- ...but mostly comprised the last 120 years when the AFL (now AFL-CIO) and the railroad brotherhoods built strong permanent unions. ===Railroad Brotherhoods===34 KB (5,207 words) - 15:14, 4 April 2024
- ...doctrine of abstention" to be announced by the Court, and is named for ''[[Railroad Commission v. Pullman Co.]]'', [[case citation|312 U.S. 496]] (1941). This9 KB (1,394 words) - 19:12, 7 September 2023
- ...o Manchuria and China proper via Open Door proposals on behalf of American railroad and banking investment interests in 1909 and 1913, and in so doing made ove14 KB (2,170 words) - 07:15, 31 March 2024
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- ...elegrapher at $35 a month. When Scott became general superintendent of the railroad, "Andy" at age 24 and only only 5 feet 3 inches tall took over Scott's majo ..., to Washington to organize the military telegraph department. They set up railroad and telegraph connections essential to the defense of Washington. Carnegie28 KB (4,409 words) - 14:07, 10 February 2023
- ...e Builder.'' U. Press of Colorado, 1991. 184 pp. Porter (1838-1936) was a railroad magnate and hospital builder7 KB (916 words) - 15:34, 2 September 2009
- ...om Boston to Newport was begun in 1797. The line was named the Old Colony Railroad. From the 1870s until the 1920s, Fall River was the second largest center ...been visible since it was covered over by cotton mills and the Bay Colony Railroad line in the 19th century. The Quequechan having become an underground featu21 KB (3,471 words) - 20:44, 25 March 2024
- ...or their civilians to survive. In December, one rebel cavalry raid cut the railroad from Columbus and another captured Grant's main supply depot at Holly Sprin ...of central Mississippi, weakened civilian morale, and wrecked an important railroad and manufacturing center.20 KB (3,047 words) - 14:08, 10 February 2023
- ...d through September. The rebellion reached its peak in October-November. A railroad strike, beginning on October 7th quickly developed into a general strike sw8 KB (1,147 words) - 00:15, 21 February 2010
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- ...elegrapher at $35 a month. When Scott became general superintendent of the railroad, "Andy" at age 24 and only only 5 feet 3 inches tall took over Scott's majo ..., to Washington to organize the military telegraph department. They set up railroad and telegraph conections essential to the defense of Washington. Carnegie w29 KB (4,497 words) - 12:26, 24 August 2013
- ...jointly by the USDA, the Binghamton Chamber of Commerce and the Lackawanna Railroad.8 KB (1,188 words) - 02:40, 28 May 2010
- ...success came in April 1894 when it won a strike against the Great Northern Railroad. When the Pullman factory strike erupted in Chicago in late spring 1894, th7 KB (1,182 words) - 11:28, 12 March 2009
- ...end of the road. All the lateral works were sold to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad for $3,500,000 on April 21, 1858. On July 10, 1858, the S&E sold the canal9 KB (1,521 words) - 14:37, 5 August 2023
- ...t to distances up to 55,000 meters. In Italy the "Anzio Express," a German railroad gun that shelled the Anzio Beachhead from 40 to 50 kilometers away, was loc19 KB (2,822 words) - 16:21, 30 March 2024
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- ...]], making him renowned the world over. In [[Tokyo]], outside the Shibuya Railroad Station, there is a statue of an [[Akita]] named Hachiko. Hachiko was born9 KB (1,385 words) - 08:49, 30 June 2023
- ...tribes had relocated to Indian Territory. The new treaties granted the [[railroad]]s the right to lay track across Indian Territory and by 1905, 5,231 miles ...he initiative and referendum, created strong county governments, regulated railroad rates, and limited the governor to one elected term. The Republican-domina18 KB (2,691 words) - 16:05, 15 April 2024
- *[[Charles Francis Adams, Jr.]], president of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]]9 KB (1,334 words) - 16:50, 22 March 2023
- ...to [[California (U.S. state)]]. The Chinese first came as miners, then as railroad workers constructing the transcontinental line, which was finished in 1869.9 KB (1,326 words) - 10:18, 27 March 2023
- ...rs of laborers. The decisive event was the opening of the transcontinental railroad in 1869; six days by train brought a traveller from Chicago to San Francisc ...rs sierra nevada.jpg/credit}}<br />A winter scene with a [[Central Pacific Railroad]] train emerging from a snow shed in the Sierra Nevadas as Chinese workers35 KB (5,409 words) - 07:17, 28 March 2023
- * January 10 1954: The fare surcharge is dropped after the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] reintroduces its all-coach ''Challenger'' train.10 KB (1,304 words) - 10:15, 8 April 2023
- ...slation. Many Americans deemed non-Anglophones to be subhuman. In 1904, a railroad president told a Congressional hearing on the mistreatment of immigrant wor ..."[[traquero]]s").<ref> Jeffrey Marcos Garcilazo, ''`Traqueros': Mexican Railroad Workers in the United States, 1870 to 1930.'' PhD U. of California, Santa B30 KB (4,395 words) - 08:36, 23 February 2024
- ...(Pittsburgh)|North Side]]).<ref name="WQED"/> In 1854, the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] began service between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. ...unes here. [[George Westinghouse]], credited with such advancements as the railroad air brake and alternating current, founded over 60 companies in Pittsburgh,39 KB (5,694 words) - 14:40, 5 August 2023
- ...and 136 electoral votes, LaFollette carried Wisconsin and many German and railroad centers, but Coolidge won easily with 382 electoral votes. Four years later10 KB (1,510 words) - 03:32, 16 August 2023
- ...in a house his grandfather built. He was the son of Russell Andrew Kirk, a railroad engineer, and Marjorie Pierce Kirk.11 KB (1,620 words) - 15:57, 1 April 2024
- ...demolitions, the fuze could be intelligent. For example, when sabotaging a railroad, the enemy may learn to send heavy but essentially worthless, possibly unma11 KB (1,764 words) - 16:21, 30 March 2024
- ...n [[St. Louis, Missouri]], on [[July 18]], 1916, the eldest son of a Texas railroad worker. He worked three jobs while attending schools in St. Louis and [[Hou11 KB (1,757 words) - 10:50, 11 March 2023
- ...hinese who remained in America were violently driven out of the mining and railroad camps, and largely forced into Chinatowns in the larger cities, especially20 KB (3,005 words) - 09:41, 31 July 2023
- ...oved to [[Bakersfield, California]], in 1894, where the father worked in a railroad repair yard, and the son had summer jobs in railroading. Warren always reca21 KB (3,242 words) - 10:18, 8 April 2023
- ...ailroad linked across the plains to Kansas City. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad south to Pueblo opened in 1871, thus making Denver the hub of all mining a ...eurs who had recently installed water supplies, sewers, trolley lines, and railroad connections moved to obtain urban gas and electric franchises. Since Denver31 KB (4,707 words) - 14:59, 22 April 2023
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- ...rom China and Russia. LBJ vetoed plans to mine Haiphong harbor and cut the railroad lines at the Chinese border.12 KB (1,776 words) - 06:56, 4 April 2024
- ...ed trestles and railroad bridges, and tore up track; the frail Confederate railroad system faltered and virtually collapsed for want of repairs and replacement23 KB (3,627 words) - 14:22, 15 March 2024
- ...escape from the South, became known as a "conductor" on the [[Underground Railroad]]. ...es fled the South across the Ohio River to the North via the [[Underground Railroad]]. After 1854, Republicans fumed that [[Slave Power]], especially the pro-22 KB (3,384 words) - 13:58, 9 February 2024
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- ...xcursions between Brunswick and Rockland are operated by the Maine Eastern Railroad, which leases the state-owned Rockland Branch rail corridor. ...Maine Central railroads; St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad; Maine Eastern Railroad; Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway; and Eastern Maine Railway/New Brunsw30 KB (4,509 words) - 10:49, 15 July 2023
- ...and tracks grown up in weeds and bushes. Sherman's men had destroyed all railroad equipment within reach -- 136 of 281 miles of the Central of Georgia, alone ===Railroad subsidies and payoffs===57 KB (8,536 words) - 10:16, 16 August 2023
- ...ck and advocated putting all of them, including a second 50 MXs, on moving railroad cars. Congressional opposition prevented Carlucci from proceeding with the12 KB (1,891 words) - 08:34, 21 March 2024
- ...tate and transcontinental railroads. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas (Katy) Railroad, chartered in Kansas, was completed across northern Texas in 1872. In that ...luded white farmers, a few important businessmen who did not object to the Railroad Commission, manual workers in the cities, and a some black voters. Clark ha43 KB (6,654 words) - 09:27, 11 September 2023
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- ...ort facilities, lumber mills, canneries, a fleet of support vessels, and a railroad.<ref name=nytimes1913-09-10/> They also reported ''"The Quebec Government20 KB (2,504 words) - 21:23, 21 December 2023
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- * Moody, John. ''The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States'' (1919), popular [http:17 KB (2,454 words) - 08:14, 11 October 2013
- ...rs in the form of land grants. But unlike other forms of transportation, [[railroad]]s also attracted a good deal of domestic and European private investment. ...f a [[Tariff, U.S. history|protective tariff]]. In 1862, the first Pacific railroad was chartered. In 1863 a national banking system was established to finance41 KB (6,136 words) - 10:39, 5 March 2024
- ...d telephone services provided by ATT for example, and allowing the [[Texas Railroad Commission]] to control oit output and prices--and by building up counterva14 KB (2,126 words) - 07:21, 12 September 2013
- ...novation was in the cheap and efficient mass production of steel rails for railroad lines. It was based in [[Pittsburgh, History since 1800|Pittsburgh, Pennsy ...Carnegie and Schwab to create United States Steel, by far the largest non-railroad corporation in the world in 1901.33 KB (4,971 words) - 16:53, 22 October 2010
- ...ng settlers to come to western Michigan. In his work for the Lake Superior Railroad, Mattson traveled in 1871 to Sweden, where he emphasized not the quality o ...ded by Lutheran pietists in 1869 on land purchased from the Kansas Pacific Railroad; the First Swedish Agricultural Company of Chicago spearheaded the coloniza26 KB (3,738 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2008
- ...raids in 1943-- disperse critical factories outside the major cities. With railroad yards hit every week, it took longer and longer for parts to reach undergro14 KB (2,139 words) - 15:18, 8 April 2024
- :* The switch from railroad steam engines to diesel engines and the introduction of commercial jet airc17 KB (2,523 words) - 09:37, 6 March 2024
- ...as partially successful, especially after Allied aircraft bombed the large railroad marshalling yards of [[Rome]]. However, the campaign could also act as a pr15 KB (2,271 words) - 10:05, 30 May 2009
- In 1917, [[Henry Edwards Huntington]], railroad magnate and collector of art and rare books, purchased the Bridgewater libr16 KB (2,503 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...ome a popular tourist destination as [[railroad]]s expanded into the area. Railroad magnate [[Henry Plant]] built a luxury hotel in [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], w31 KB (4,889 words) - 09:56, 25 September 2023
- ...ut this region. Cities in this region developed in proximity to the early railroad system, and this figured into the strategy of the [[American Civil War | Wa16 KB (2,395 words) - 12:53, 9 August 2023
- ...hed the large German American vote to the GOP, along with most factory and railroad workers, then middle classes, and the more prosperous farmers. The election15 KB (2,416 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- ...e-scale warehouses for storage of foods and meats, refrigerated trucks and railroad cars, and a host of other commercial and industrial services. [[Petroleum r18 KB (2,699 words) - 10:31, 28 June 2023
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- ...introduction of Western agriculture and industry, constructing roads and a railroad, surveying topography and mines, and creating an agricultural college.<ref>15 KB (2,227 words) - 19:25, 10 February 2010
- ...l. It began in April 1944 and quickly secured Henan Province and cleared a railroad from Beijing to the central city of Wuhan. They then thrust south, first in16 KB (2,586 words) - 17:37, 3 November 2013
- ...through line from Halifax to Sydney, in addition to numerous local lines. Railroad building, the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 with the U.S., and business create37 KB (5,551 words) - 13:57, 24 September 2013
- ...ss, industries, tools, modes of travel, and thought. It takes him from the railroad car and puts him in the birch canoe. It strips off the garments of civiliza17 KB (2,641 words) - 09:53, 7 December 2022
- ...reatened nationwide strike by railroad workers. He threatened to draft the railroad workers and the strike was called off; unions began to oppose him but he re29 KB (4,536 words) - 10:15, 16 August 2023
- ...[[land grant]] system that enabled the funding of the [[Illinois Central]] railroad. <ref> Johannsen (1973) </ref>17 KB (2,733 words) - 12:13, 13 March 2024
- ...directly from France to Belgium, from capital to capital, like a direct [[railroad]] link. It crosses exactly ONE border––the border between Franc22 KB (3,572 words) - 03:09, 8 March 2024
- ...f Illinois, [[Horace Boies]] of Iowa, [[L.Q.C. Lamar]] of Mississippi, and railroad builder [[James J. Hill]] of Minnesota. A prominent intellectual was [[Wood ...ryan. The middle classes, businessmen, newspaper editors, factory workers, railroad workers, and prosperous farmers generally rejected Bryan's crusade. Bryan w52 KB (7,770 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ...Century.'' (2005). 323 pp. it regulates oil [http://www.amazon.com/Texas-Railroad-Commission-Understanding-Mid-Twentieth/dp/1585444529/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&s=20 KB (2,775 words) - 22:47, 20 September 2013
- ...1937, into a working-class family, then consisting of his father Anton (a railroad worker), his mother Cécile (born Imbach) and sister Hedwig (born 1935). Th17 KB (2,683 words) - 02:05, 27 March 2024
- ...c comprised two parts: First, armies were more mobile because of elaborate railroad networks, telegraph systems and highly detailed mobilization plans. Second, ...ismay of the Germans, Belgian civilians systematically destroyed their own railroad system. Blowing up trestles, bridges and signalling gear, the Belgians ruin53 KB (8,509 words) - 16:53, 12 March 2024
- ...or product may enter or leave a plant by [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], railroad [[tank car]], or [[tanker truck]]. For example, petroleum commonly comes t23 KB (3,456 words) - 11:44, 2 February 2023
- ...ble rivers allowed for cheap and easy transportation of farm products. The railroad system was built as a supplement, tying plantation areas to the nearest riv Railroad mileage was of course mostly in rural areas. The war followed the rails, an42 KB (6,216 words) - 12:53, 9 August 2023
- :''once I built a railroad; now it's done ...''<br>20 KB (3,074 words) - 06:19, 22 October 2013
- ...s used in making iron and [[steel]]. It was also used to power the early [[railroad locomotive]]s and [[steamboats]], driven by coal-burning [[steam engine]]s, ...stern cities, and a few major railroads like the [[Reading Company|Reading Railroad]] controlled the anthracite fields. By 1840, hard coal output had passed th35 KB (5,511 words) - 10:14, 28 February 2024
- ...1950. Even so, he repeatedly bickered with the Chinese regarding tactics, railroad use, negotiations with the enemy, and the makeup of the Korean-Chinese join ...half of the peninsula. Travel was a chore in the west (except on the good railroad system), and quite difficult in the mountainous east. The industrial level60 KB (9,555 words) - 16:57, 17 March 2024
- ...bomber crews and 4,500 fighter pilots. They claimed destruction of 86,000 railroad cars, 9,000 locomotives, 68,000 trucks, and 6,000 tanks and armored artille ...conomy. It listed 154 German targets in order of priority (electric power, railroad yards and bridges, synthetic oil plants, aircraft factories). By assuming h105 KB (16,641 words) - 13:15, 6 April 2024
- The railroad brotherhoods threatened in summer 1916 to shut down the national transporta ...ike, he approved legislation that increased wages and cut working hours of railroad employees; there was no strike.50 KB (7,719 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- ...ortunes of 1894 were not larger than steel fortunes, banking fortunes, and railroad fortunes made in similar periods. But it is the assertion that the Standard20 KB (3,100 words) - 15:57, 14 January 2010
- ...cterized by the growth of a new system comprising [[Factory|factories]], [[Railroad|railroads]], [[History of Coal Mining|coal mining]] and business enterprise20 KB (3,013 words) - 07:31, 20 April 2024
- ...ls. In the case of skilled workers, such as carpenters, lithographers, and railroad engineers this meant maintaining as much control as possible over the work ...e [[International Association of Machinists]], originally a craft union of railroad workers and skilled trade employees. The AFL organizing drives proved even42 KB (6,682 words) - 15:14, 4 April 2024
- ...rted range lands. Many of the cow towns were enlivened by buffalo hunters, railroad construction gangs, and freighting outfits during their heyday. Cattle owne20 KB (3,104 words) - 20:30, 19 February 2010
- ...he case of skilled workers, such as carpenters, lithographers, machinists, railroad engineers, and many others, this meant maintaining as much control as possi ...e [[International Association of Machinists]], originally a craft union of railroad workers and skilled trade employees. The AFL organizing drives proved even42 KB (6,613 words) - 15:15, 4 April 2024
- ...romised a fair shake for both the average citizen, including regulation of railroad rates and pure foods and drugs, and the businessmen. As an outdoorsman, he ...ing horseback Idaho.jpg|frame|right|300px|Roosevelt riding horseback along railroad tracks in Idaho (date unknown, but after 1896). Photo UCR/California Museu65 KB (10,196 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- ...ttlements began as farm centers (41%), industrial towns (30%), residential railroad suburbs (15%), and recreational/institutional centers (13%). ...t with America's central waterways to compete with East Coast shipping and railroad industries. Strong regional support for the project led the Illinois legisl35 KB (5,207 words) - 12:59, 22 June 2023
- {{cite book |title = Railroad Vehicle Dynamics: A Computational Approach |author = Ahmed A. Shabana, Khal37 KB (6,109 words) - 17:53, 8 October 2021
- ...s from either [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] or the [[Railroad Retirement Board]] for at least 24 months before automatic enrollment occur25 KB (3,766 words) - 11:35, 2 February 2023
- ...nd entered business there as a cotton factor, then expanded his reach into railroad investments and the management of an insurance company. As he became a resp24 KB (3,389 words) - 11:44, 21 March 2011
- ...t colleges (the [[Morrill Act]]), a [[Homestead Act]], a trans-continental railroad (the [[Pacific Railway Acts]]) and the [[National Banking Acts]]. ...ean); Generals George Crook and William W. Averell were to operate against railroad supply lines in [[West Virginia (U.S. state)|West Virginia]]; and Maj. Gen.73 KB (11,304 words) - 22:36, 25 March 2024
- President Cleveland angered railroad investors by ordering an investigation of western lands they held by govern21 KB (3,283 words) - 10:28, 27 June 2023
- ...curred on [[July 21]], 1861. Union forces attempted to take control of the railroad junction at [[Manassas, Virginia|Manassas]] for use as a supply line, but t ...nd the vote for Freedmen. He denounced the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] railroad as too powerful, and called for new Virginia-based railroads that would lea65 KB (10,005 words) - 11:19, 7 March 2024
- ...nt the next 18 years traveling from one occupation to the next--among them railroad detective and pressman’s devil--before finding himself at the decidedly m22 KB (3,720 words) - 22:28, 12 March 2010
- ...ericans. McKinley scored solid gains among the middle classes, factory and railroad workers, prosperous farmers, and among the [[German American]]s who rejecte22 KB (3,395 words) - 16:50, 22 March 2023
- ...mplex included 4.5 million square feet of covered storage and 225 miles of railroad track. The Medical Corps opened hospitals with 280,000 beds attended by 16,46 KB (7,337 words) - 15:47, 25 March 2024
- ...Illinois, to handle all sorts of cases, even high-paying ones for the new railroad corporations.25 KB (3,863 words) - 09:01, 9 August 2023
- ...Farmers' Alliance and the Populist demand for government ownership of the railroad is a phase of the same effort of the pioneer farmer, on his latest frontier25 KB (3,607 words) - 13:08, 9 August 2023
- ...stem the activities of witches.</ref> disease, and famine. By the time the railroad was built, military resistance by the African population to the original Br47 KB (7,061 words) - 06:19, 24 December 2015
- ...was the basic economic and social fabric of the country. Disruption of her railroad and transportation system by daylight attacks, coupled with destruction of29 KB (4,548 words) - 05:12, 31 March 2024
- ...of coastal traffic meant that long-distance travel depended on the rickety railroad system, which never overcame the devastating impact of the blockade. The bl28 KB (4,319 words) - 03:04, 18 October 2013
- ...post-1879 version, there is no hint of the robber barons, labor strife, or railroad company towns. In short, it is the idealized vision of the historical re-en30 KB (4,982 words) - 22:42, 8 February 2024
- ...alls. Transportation is the critical factor in the development of suburbs. Railroad suburbs emerged by the 1860s (and are still important near New York, London28 KB (4,435 words) - 03:31, 14 October 2013
- ...n and soon became a huge success building mills for farm water pumping and railroad tank filling. Other firms like Star, Dempster, and Aeromotor also entered32 KB (5,126 words) - 19:24, 18 February 2024
- ...ght]], has migrated from history departments and journals to economics. [[Railroad history]] is often a cross-over field of business history, history of techn33 KB (4,725 words) - 14:18, 9 February 2024
- ...e [[Mexican-American War]], the [[Compromise of 1850]], [[transcontinental railroad]], and even a civil war in Kansas. Social and cultural dimensions included ...As a [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]an, he was especially interested in the railroad connections from Chicago into Kansas and Nebraska, but that was not a contr81 KB (12,537 words) - 14:35, 9 February 2024
- ...portant of all, the Boston and Worcester. In 1833 it chartered the Western Railroad to connect Worcester with Albany and the Erie Canal. The system flourished30 KB (4,401 words) - 09:38, 6 August 2023
- * Moore, A. B. "Railroad Building in Alabama During the Reconstruction Period" ''The Journal of Sout37 KB (5,046 words) - 14:08, 10 February 2023
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- ...t to distances up to 55,000 meters. In Italy the "Anzio Express," a German railroad gun that shelled the Anzio Beachhead from 40 to 50 kilometers away, was loc75 KB (10,990 words) - 12:11, 31 March 2024
- ...ered lid to inhibit its rising, it is shaped like an old-fashioned Pullman railroad car, long and narrow, and with a square cross-section.36 KB (5,821 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
- ...d, King witnessed a gruesome accident - one of his friends was caught on a railroad and struck by a train. It has been suggested that this could have been the34 KB (5,641 words) - 13:22, 19 March 2024
- ...projects increased agricultural and mining output, repaired the shattered railroad network, and modernized factories (usually with new machines purchased from34 KB (5,164 words) - 01:13, 9 February 2024
- ...n southern [[Arizona (U.S. state)|Arizona]] for $10,000,000 for purpose of railroad connections30 KB (4,428 words) - 12:14, 13 March 2024
- Coal is delivered by highway [[truck]], [[railroad|rail]], [[barge]] or [[Collier (ship type)|collier]] ship. Some plants are46 KB (7,021 words) - 12:42, 11 July 2023
- ...rably more lethal activities. When they mentioned, for example, destroying railroad likes, Tyler Drumheller, chief of the European Division, said "you're going ...CIA technical assistance, derailed an Iraqi troop train by blowing up the railroad tracks, a more visible activity than expected by Washington. There were sev84 KB (12,644 words) - 05:16, 31 March 2024
- The railroad is coming. The tracks have been laid right through the studio gates. It's t47 KB (7,475 words) - 05:49, 8 April 2024
- ...won commitments of $1.8 billion in new construction and repairs for 1930. Railroad executives made a similar pledge. Organized labor agreed to withdraw its la40 KB (6,011 words) - 10:07, 28 February 2024
- ...of whom had before the war been abolitionists or active in the underground railroad. Many white southerners believed, for example, that blacks were voting for46 KB (7,201 words) - 13:50, 9 April 2024
- By 1911 China had 400 million people and the beginnings of a modern railroad system. The administrative system remained hopelessly inadequate; for exam44 KB (6,747 words) - 10:07, 28 February 2024
- ...'' into a commercial success, accordingly. Moreover, Michigan's Grand Funk Railroad achieved commercial success with their brash and over-amplified combination47 KB (7,517 words) - 08:53, 2 March 2024
- Roosevelt achieved modest legislative gains in terms of railroad legislation and pure food laws. He was more successful in Court, bringing a50 KB (7,415 words) - 09:27, 11 September 2023
- ...d led to large-scale productivity gains, while driving another nail in the railroad coffin. Passenger traffic soared, opening up new horizons for vacations an47 KB (7,042 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024
- The Allies began to cross the Rhine into Germany, first when the Ludendorff Railroad Bridge at Remagen, between Koblenz and Bonn, was captured intact by troops67 KB (10,629 words) - 13:42, 6 April 2024
- ...ic of 1893|severe economic depression 1893-1897]] and the violent coal and railroad strikes of 1894.<ref name="sb"/>70 KB (10,151 words) - 15:04, 15 April 2024
- ...selves to be Meo or Black Thai or Khalom tribesmen. It is a land without a railroad, a single paved highway or a newspaper. Its chief cash crop is opium.</br>76 KB (11,669 words) - 07:05, 16 March 2024
- ...ne and the border between California and Mexico (as well as plot practical railroad routes); many of the drawings were reproduced as lithographs in the expedit72 KB (11,405 words) - 09:41, 31 July 2023
- ...ntral market facilities necessary to handle the transfer of livestock from railroad to the packinghouses. Expanded and improved stockyards opened in 1929. Afte72 KB (10,654 words) - 10:21, 16 August 2023
- ...ne and the border between California and Mexico (as well as plot practical railroad routes); many of the drawings were reproduced as lithographs in the expedit105 KB (16,465 words) - 10:12, 28 February 2024