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	Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri: Railroad Articles
		In this dilemma it was concluded to form outside auxiliary railroads companies under the general corporation laws of Missouri and Illinois, and to enter into traffic contracts between them and the bridge company for the performance of railway service between St. Louis and East St. Louis.
		There was a railroad from Chicago to Galena, called the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, and south of it, at a distance of thirty miles West of Chicago, was an ambitious little town called Aurora, which, in 1852, desired a branch to connect it with the main line at Turner Station.
		If afford the means of ingress and egress to twenty-two railroads; it owns, for the common, joint use of thse railroads, the lasgest and finest Union passenger station existing, and it furnishes freight facilities, storage yards and warehouses for all the vast tonnage that these twenty-two roads bring into and out of St. Louis.
	tacnet.missouri.org /history/encycmo/encycmorr.html

	Rail transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads.
		Furthermore a number of American companies have railway in their names instead of railroad, the BNSF Railway being the most pre-eminent modern example.
		However, railroad was used in Britain concurrently with railway until the 1850s when railway became the established term.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Railroad

	History of the Panama Railroad
		Their only monument today is the Panama Railroad, the completion of which marked one of the greatest achievements of the age and will ever be a memorial to the dauntless courage of its brave builders and their story is one of the most gallant in the annals of commerce.
		The important work accomplished by the railroad and steamship line during the world war is a definite illustration of the high degree of organization attained by the road in efficiency, which enabled them to achieve remarkable results.
		The completion of the Panama Railroad marked a revolutionary period in the world's traffic, and the immediate effects on transportation of the rapidly increasing demands of commerce were such that they could not be met at the beginning.
	www.trainweb.org /panama/history1.html

	Center for Railroad Photography & Art
		One of the primary objectives of the Center is to document the history of railroad artists, photographers, and the use of imagery throughout the industry.
		Railroad photography has transcended its origins as a creative hobby or tool of railroad promotion and, over the last three decades, has emerged as a legitimate preservation discipline.
		After all, railroads and railroading are as much a part of the American culture, as say, the automobile.
	www.railphoto-art.org /journal.asp

	Railroad Museum - Golden, Colorado - trains, railroad history
		Members of the Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation (museum members), Intermountain Chapter-National Railway Historical Society, Colorado Historical Society, Rocky Mountain Railroad Club, Denver HO Club, and Denver Garden Railway Society have free admission by prior agreements.
		In 1964 the not-for-profit Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation, a 501 (c)(3), was formed to assume ownership and operation of the museum.
		The museum was established in 1959 to preserve for future generations a tangible record of Colorado's flamboyant railroad era, particularly the state's pioneering narrow gauge mountain railroads.
	www.crrm.org

	Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company
		Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co is a regional railroad that currently operates over 645 miles of track (545 owned or leased and 100 in trackage rights) throughout south central Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
		Wisconsin & Southern Railroad is a regional railroad that currently operates over 645 miles of track (545 owned or leased and 100 in trackage rights) throughout south central Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
		The year 2005 marks the 25th anniversary of the Wisconsin and Southern Railroad.
	www.wsorrailroad.com

	Railroad Collection introduction
		The Norfolk and Western Railroad was organized in 1881 from the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, which had been sold to the Philadelphia investment banking firm of E.W.Clark and Company.
		The Richmond Terminal Company quickly gained control of hundreds of miles of completed railroads and franchises for prospective railroads such as the Georgia Pacific, which ran from Atlanta, Georgia, to Greenville, Mississippi.
		Southern's origins, however, can be dated to 1827, when the earliest of its antecedents, the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company, was chartered.
	spec.lib.vt.edu /railroad/rrintro.htm

	RAILROAD PIONEER
		With "Railroad Pioneer" you'll be able to experience all this at close quarters and, at the end of a dramatic journey, leave your mark as a railway magnate in the eventful history of steamers and pioneers.
		This is the challenge you will be faced with in Railroad Pioneer: As a real pioneer, you will have to send your crew to survey the land before you can make a decision as to how to invest your hard-earned dollars into further kilometres of track.
		As the owner of a small railroad company, your job is to build America’s first transcontinental railroad line.
	www.railroad-pioneer.com

	THE NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME, INC. - Hamlet NC,
		The Seaboard Air Line Railroad and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroads merged in 1967 to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, which became and is now CSX Transportation, a member of CSX Corporation.
		Railroads which became a part of SAL are also represented on our layout.
		The purpose of the museum is to create that time when railroads were the main source of long distance travel and passenger train service was at its zenith.
	www.micropublishing.com /railroad

	Underground Railroad on Encyclopedia.com
		In fact, most of the help given to fugitive slaves on their varied routes north was spontaneously offered and came not only from abolitionists or self-styled members of the Underground Railroad, but from anyone moved to sympathy by the plight of the runaway slave before his eyes.
		The abolitionists used the Underground Railroad as a propaganda device to dramatize the evils of slavery; Southern slaveholders publicized it to illustrate Northern infidelity to the fugitive slave laws.
		This nomenclature, along with the numerous, somewhat glorified, personal reminiscences written by conductors in the postwar period, created the impression that the Underground Railroad was a highly systematized, national, secret organization that accomplished prodigious feats in stealing slaves away from the South.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/U/Undergro.asp

	Railroad Maps Collection
		Included in the collection are progress report surveys for individual lines, official government surveys, promotional maps, maps showing land grants and rights-of-way, and route guides published by commercial firms.
		The Railroad maps represent an important historical record, illustrating the growth of travel and settlement as well as the development of industry and agriculture in the United States.
		The mission of the Library of Congress is to make its resources available and useful to Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrhome.html

	Central Pacific Railroad, Promontory, Summit Utah, Sierra Mountains, Steam Engine
		The catalyst of the Transcontinental Railroad was the passage of the Pacific Railroad Act in 1862.
		The dream of a Transcontinental Railroad led Theodore Judah and Doc Strong in the back of a drugstore to draw up the articles of incorporation in the fall of 1860 and thus the Central Pacific Railroad was born.
		Overall the Big Four through their scam construction company personally pocketed 63 million dollars plus held most of the Central Pacific Railroad stocks of 100 million dollars and had power over the nine million acres of land given by the federal government
	www.linecamp.com /museums/americanwest/western_clubs/central_pacific_railroad/central_pacific_railroad.html

	Underground Railroad: Special Resource Study
		This study includes a general overview of the Underground Railroad, with a brief discussion of slavery and abolitionism, escape routes used by slaves, and alternatives for commemoration and interpretation of the significance of the phenomenon.
		The Underground Railroad was neither "underground" nor a "railroad," but was a loose network of aid and assistance to fugitives from bondage.
		In 1990, Congress authorized the National Park Service to conduct a study of the Underground Railroad, its routes and operations in order to preserve and interpret this aspect of United States history.
	www.nps.gov /undergroundrr/contents.htm

	Railroad
		Of course, such matters as railroad right-of-way must be dealt with carefully if household peace is to be maintained.
		One of the reasons to build a garden railroad is to make use of nature's willingness to grow plants outdoors to provide much of the scenery.
		A variety of utilities will be carried under the inside benchwork and inside the outside beds to provide services to the railroad.
	www.ironhorse129.com /Railroad/railroad.htm

	Genealogical Information After 1936
		The Board's records are kept by the railroad employee's social security number and a person's social security number often appears on his or her death certificate.
		The Railroad Retirement Board, like the Social Security Administration, was not established until the mid-1930's, and it began maintaining its own records of all covered rail service in 1937.
		If a person was not actually working for a railroad after 1936, he or she would not be listed in these records.
	www.rrb.gov /geneal.html

	Retracing the Route to Freedom
		(When I arrive at a stop, I allow people to drive me around to any sites in the area but always start walking from the point I left off.) I visited Star Hill, a stop on the Underground Railroad and a black church believed to have been named for the north star.
		His mission was to generate interest in establishing a national park site to commemorate the Underground Railroad and to gather information about this clandestine, organized system of escape that could not be gleaned from history books.
		The great-grandson of a slave, Cohen followed a route on the Underground Railroad used by fugitive slaves more than 130 years ago.
	www.npca.org /walk.html

	Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - A West Virginia State Park
		he Mountain State Railroad & Logging Historical Association has recreated a logging camp of the 1940's at Whittaker Station which shows both the living quarters and the equipment used by the loggers.
		ass Scenic Railroad State Park is an unforgettable adventure...a journey back in time to the days of geared locomotives and log trains.
		estled in the mountains of West Virginia, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park offers excursions that transport you back in time and let you relive an era when steam-driven locomotives were an essential part of everyday life.
	www.cassrailroad.com

	RailroadInfo.Com - Railroad news, information and photos
		The articles are sorted by railroad and date, and you can also view all of the recent press releases on a single page.
		Model railroads of all sizes and scales are also featured, from Z scale to G and beyond.
		The $2.4-billion Alameda Corridor project is a 20-mile railroad expressline that connects the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the transcontinental rail network east of downtown Los Angeles, CA.
	www.railroadinfo.com

	Stratford, CT Railroad
		The parking lot at the Stratford Railroad Station is operated by the Town of Stratford under a lease arrangement with the State of Connecticut.
		The Stratford Railroad Station has a total of 308 parking spaces to satisfy this demand.
		The Stratford Railroad Station is an enterprise fund supported by its patrons.
	www.townofstratford.com /railroad.htm

	The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Railroad Lighting Vol 2
		By our definition, they are any lamps along the right of way or on equipment meant to alert railroad crews to the presence of other trains or obstacles or to convey safety information to personnel on board trains or crossing the path of trains.
		Some lamps were made in the shops of individual railroads until such time as the cost savings associated with mass production dropped so low that buying from a manufacturer became the only reasonable option.
		Some railroads, such as the Milwaukee Road stayed with self-manufacturing longer than others.
	www.collectorbookstore.com /Shop/Control/Product/fp/vpid/652086/vpcsid...

	Railroad Timeline History
		It was delivered under its own power to the Central Railroad of New Jersey and assigned as CNJ #1000.
		The San Diego Railroad Museum operates its first Golden State Limited excursion train between Campo, CA and Miller Creek, CA on the SD&A. Here is the first crew on 4 January.
		The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is chartered to run from Baltimore to the Ohio River in Virginia.
	www.sdrm.org /history/timeline

	RAILROAD.NET - The Railroad Network
		Heavy electric railroading has always been a favorite of mine.
		And when the train pulls out of the station without them, then it is the railroad's fault for departing without them.
		An excerpt from Chapter 7 of Information Rules written by Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian, this article discusses the battle of railroad gauge standardization in the United States during the nineteenth century.
	www.railroad.net

	The Railroad Museum of New England
		The Railroad Museum of New England's mission is to establish an interpretive facility where the story of the region's rich railroad heritage can be effectively told.
		The Railroad Museum of New England, Inc. is a not-for-profit educational and historical organization.
		The operation of a museum and a railroad is interesting and varied.
	www.rmne.org

	Railroad History Database
		The prime objective is to concentrate on the growth phase of the US railroad system, and avoid diluting the main effort by devoting time and energy to the declining phase, or toupdating continually to the present time.
		For future location of sources of information about the major railroad systems, it was felt that it would be useful to be able to identify for each major railroad of the 1930-1950 era which society or societies, if any, exist.
		The DENRAH project is an effort to demonstrate the potential of computer technology for the portrayal of railroad history, with an emphasis on historical geography.
	www.rrhistorical.com /rrdata

	Railroad webcams - Catch the live trains online with railcams sponsored by TrainWeb.
		TrainParty.com is the ultimate place to shop for all your railroad theme party needs.
		We have over 10 railcams which are located along some of the nation's busiest rail lines and train stations.
		Find your favorite train videos & model railroad videos in our store.
	www.railcams.com

	Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc.- A Colorado Corporation
		The Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, ran the Georgetown Loop Railroad for the Colorado Historical Society, for a period of 32-years, until October, 2004.
		However, the final offer made by the CHS for an increase in fee, higher liability limits and a shortened operating term, forced the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. to end operaing its steam trains on the famous line and concentrate all efforts operating the famous Royal Gorge Route Railroad, located in Canon City, Colorado.
		If you enjoyed riding the steam trains of the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Inc. over the past 32 years, you'll love riding the Royal Gorge Route Railroad, operated by the same family through the Royal Gorge.
	www.gtownloop.com

	Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Transcontinental Railroad
		The hand hewn ties are another giveaway that it's on the Union Pacific Railroad.
		The idea for a transcontinental railroad "to shrink the continent and change the whole world" was first proposed by men of imagination in 1830.
		Now the way was open for vast expansion and social changes that would make America the industrial giant of the world.
	cprr.org

	National Railroad Museum
		The National Railroad Museum is pleased to announce that General Motors Aerotrain builder's model, including the original locomotive and tailcar, is now safely back and on display in the Museum's exhibit hall.
		The goal of the Eisenhower Project is the construction of a permanent exhibit in the Museum's Lenfestey Center that better interprets for Museum guests the significance of both the Dwight D. Eisenhower locomotive and the command coaches.
		With that in mind, the National Railroad Museum, in conjunction with Museum friend and project director, Don Meyer, announces the Eisenhower Project.
	www.nationalrrmuseum.org

	Transcontinental, Railroad, Golden Spike, Promontory Summit, Railway Act
		Pacific Railway Act ensured the transcontinental railroad 's loans of either $16,000 on the plains, $32,000 in the Great Basin and $48,000 through the mountainous terrain for each mile of track laid.
		Transcontinental Railroad passenger train service began five days later from Omaha with the trip costing $111 plush, first class and scheduled to take 4 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes, second class was $80 with a few lesser defined amenities and the raw immigrant class of $40 with no amenities.
		The Transcontinental Railroad 's got off to a slow start due to the Civil War and lack of investors but from year 1866 the race was on.
	www.linecamp.com /museums/americanwest/western_clubs/transcontinental_railroad/transcontinental_railroad.html

	Railroad Tycoon 3 - Game
		Railroad Tycoon 3, PopTop, and the PopTop logo are trademarks of PopTop.
	www.railroadtycoon3.com /rt3/us/downloads/game.html

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