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  • 31Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad — (red) and New York Central system (orange) as of 1918 …

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  • 32North Pennsylvania Railroad — (NPR) was a railroad company formed in 1855, and served Philadelphia, Montgomery County, Bucks County and Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Contents 1 History 2 2008 rail trail 2.1 Controversy …

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  • 33Nassau Railroad — Company was a streetcar company that ran in Queens and Kings Counties in the State of New York during the 1850 s and 1860 s.[1] It should not be confused with the Nassau Electric Railroad. History The NRR was chartered by the New York State… …

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  • 34Maine Central Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Maine Central Railroad logo filename=Maine central pine tree route herald.jpg logo size=250 locale=central Maine with lines to New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Vermont and Quebec start year=1862 end year=1981 (subsumed… …

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  • 35Usage of the terms railroad and railway — The terms railroad and railway generally describe the same thing, a guided means of land transport, designed to be used by trains, for transporting passengers and freight. Etymologically both words derive from Old English; a road being something… …

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  • 36Appanoose County Community Railroad — The Appanoose County Community Railroad reporting mark|APNC is based out of Centerville, Iowa. It is a shortline running to the community of Albia, Iowa, where it distributes cars from Centerville to be put on the BNSF Railway s trains.Recently,… …

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  • 37Washington, Brandywine and Point Lookout Railroad — Infobox SG rail railroad name=Washington, Brandywine Point Lookout Railroad logo filename= logo size= system map size= map caption=The Washington, Brandywine Point Lookout Railroad, then the Southern Maryland Railroad, as planned old gauge= marks …

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  • 38Gravity railroad — A Gravity railroad (US) or Gravity railway (UK) is a railroad on a slope that allow cars carrying minerals or passengers to coast down the slope by the force of gravity alone. The cars are then hauled back up the slope using animal power or a… …

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  • 39Gauntlet track — or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is where railway tracks converge onto a single roadbed and are interlaced to pass through a narrow passage such as a cutting, bridge, or tunnel. A frog at each end allows the two tracks to overlap, and the …

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  • 40Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad — Infobox nrhp name = Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill Switchback Railroad nrhp type = caption = Looking down at the Lehigh Canal landing, circa 1870. locator x = locator y = lat degrees = 40 lat minutes = 51 lat seconds = 3 lat direction = N long… …

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