| Chicago and North Western Railway |
 | | Reporting marks | CNW, CNWS, CNWZ | | Locale | Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming | | Dates of operation | 1865 – 1995 | | Track gauge | 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm) (standard gauge), some 3 ft (914 mm) gauge branch lines | | Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois | The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the North Western. Image File history File links Chicago and Northwestern Railway Herald Heralds are logos or slogans used by railroad companies and displayed on their equipment. ...
Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ...
State nickname: Land of Lincoln, The Prairie State Official languages English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Governor Rod Blagojevich (D) Senators Richard Durbin (D) Barack Obama (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 4. ...
State nickname: The Hawkeye State Official languages English Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 26th 145,743 km² 0. ...
State nickname: The Sunflower State Official languages None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Senators Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 0. ...
State nickname: The Wolverine State, The Great Lakes State Official languages English de-facto Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm (D) Senators Carl Levin (D) Debbie Stabenow (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 11th 96,889 mi² / 250,941 km² 41. ...
State nickname: North Star State, The Land of 10,000 Lakes, The Gopher State Official languages None Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Governor Tim Pawlenty (R) Senators Mark Dayton (D) Norm Coleman (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 12th 225,365 km² 8. ...
State nickname: The Show Me State Official languages English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 1. ...
State nickname: Cornhusker State Official languages English Capital Lincoln Largest city Omaha Governor Dave Heineman (R) Senators Chuck Hagel (R) Ben Nelson (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 16th 200,520 km² 0. ...
State nickname: Peace Garden State, Roughrider State, Flickertail State Official languages English Capital Bismarck Largest city Fargo Governor John Hoeven (R) Senators Kent Conrad (D) Byron Dorgan (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 19th 183 272 km² 2. ...
State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Official languages English Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 17th 199,905 km² 1. ...
State nickname: Badger State Official languages None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Governor Jim Doyle (D) Senators Herb Kohl (D) Russ Feingold (D) Area - Total - % water Ranked 23rd 169,790 km² 17 Population - Total (2000) - Density Ranked 18th 5,453,896 38. ...
State nickname: Equality State Official languages English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Governor Dave Freudenthal (D) Senators Craig Thomas (R) Mike Enzi (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 10th 253,554 km² 0. ...
1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rail gauge is the distance between two rails of a railroad. ...
A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ...
Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ...
A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
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Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ...
A Class I railroad (also called a Class 1 railroad) is a member of the largest class of railroads in North America. ...
 CNW #8540, at Shawnee, WY Chicago and Northwestern (CNW) locomotive #8540 General Electric (GE) model C40-8 “Zito” safety yellow paint scheme Photo taken by Russell Meier on October 10, 1990 at Shawnee, Wyoming. ...
Chicago and Northwestern (CNW) locomotive #8540 General Electric (GE) model C40-8 “Zito” safety yellow paint scheme Photo taken by Russell Meier on October 10, 1990 at Shawnee, Wyoming. ...
History
The Chicago and North Western Railway was chartered on June 7, 1859. It had purchased the assets of the bankrupt Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad five days earlier. On February 15, 1865, it officially merged with the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, which had been chartered on January 16, 1836. Since the Galena & Chicago Union started operating in December, 1848, and the Fond du Lac railroad started in March, 1855, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad is considered to be the origin of the North Western railroad system. June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The North Western had owned a majority of the stock of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (Omaha Road) since 1882. On January 1, 1957, it officially leased the company, and merged it into the North Western in 1972. The Omaha Road's main line ran from an interchange with the North Western at Elroy, Wisconsin, to the Twin Cities, down to Sioux City, Iowa, and then finally to Omaha, Nebraska. The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Elroy is a city located in Juneau County, Wisconsin. ...
Motto: Nickname: Location in Iowa Founded Incorporated 1854 1857 County Woodbury County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Karen VanDeSteeg Area - Total - Water 144. ...
Motto: Nickname: Location in Nebraska Founded Incorporated 1854 1857 County Douglas County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Michael Fahey Area - Total - Water 307. ...
The North Western picked up several important short railroads during its later years. It finalized acquisition of the Litchfield and Madison railroad on January 1, 1958. The Litchfield and Madison railroad was a 44-mile bridge road from East St. Louis to Litchfield, Illinois. On July 30, 1968, the North Western acquired two former interurbans – the 36-mile Des Moines and Central Iowa Railway (DM&CI), and the 110-mile Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway (FDDM&S). The DM&CI gave access to the Firestone plant in Des Moines, Iowa, and the FDDM&S provided access to gypsum mills in Fort Dodge, Iowa. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Litchfield is a city located in Montgomery County, Illinois. ...
July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Des Moines skyline Des Moines (french for Some Monks) (pronounced in English, in French) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Iowa. ...
Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, situated on the Des Moines River. ...
On November 1, 1960, the North Western acquired the rail properties of the 1,500-mile Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway. In spite of its name, it ran only from Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Peoria, Illinois. This acquisition provided traffic and modern rolling stock, and eliminated competition. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Downtown Minneapolis as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge Motto: En Avant (French: forward) Nickname: City of Lakes location in Hennepin County, Minnesota Founded 1850s Incorporated 1867 County Hennepin County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor R.T. Rybak (DFL) Area - Total - Water 142. ...
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria CountyGR6, Illinois. ...
On July 1, 1968, the 1,500 mile (2,400 km) Chicago Great Western Railway was merged into the North Western. This railroad went from Chicago to Oelwein, Iowa. From there, separate lines went to the Twin Cities, Omaha, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri. A connection from Hayfield, Minnesota, to Clarion, Iowa, provided a Twin Cities to Omaha main line. The Chicago Great Western duplicated the North Western's routes from Chicago to the Twin Cities and Omaha, but went the long way. This merger provided access to Kansas City, Missouri, and eliminated competition. After abandoning a plan to merge with the Milwaukee Road in 1970, Benjamin W. Heineman, who had headed the CNW and parent Northwest Industries since 1956, arranged the sale of the railroad to its employees in 1972. The words "Employee Owned" were part of the company logo in the ensuing period. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. ...
A Picture of downtown Oelwein Oelwein is a city located in Fayette County, Iowa. ...
Kansas City is a city covering parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties in Missouri, USA. Although it is the largest city in Jackson County, the suburb of Independence is the county seat. ...
Hayfield is a city located in Dodge County, Minnesota. ...
Clarion is a city located in Wright County, Iowa. ...
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
Benjamin W. Heineman (b. ...
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...
Employee-owned corporations (ESOPs, or Employee Stock Ownership Programs) are generally a model of ownership of a corporation where the corporation is owned in part or whole by the employees who work for it. ...
After the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) stopped operating on March 31, 1980, the North Western took over operations of about 800 miles (1,300 km) of the Rock Island, including the "Spine Line." This was a well-engineered line from the Twin Cities to Kansas City, Missouri, via Des Moines, Iowa. Because of deferred maintenance, though, slow orders plagued the line. Nevertheless, the North Western started to abandon ex-Chicago Great Western trackage north of Oelwein, which duplicated Spine Line service. The North Western won a bidding war with the Soo Line for purchase of the Spine Line when on June 20, 1983, the ICC approved the North Western's bid of $93 million. After a major rehabilitation of the Spine Line in 1984, the North Western started to abandon the Oelwein to Kansas City section of the former Chicago Great Western Railway, which also duplicated Spine Line service. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class 1 railroad in the United States. ...
March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
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June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC; 1887 - 1995) was a government regulatory body in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, which was signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In April, 1995, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was merged into the Union Pacific Railroad. Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Union Pacific Railroad NYSE: UNP is the largest railroad in the United States. ...
Chicago and North Western locomotives continued to operate in their paint schemes for several years after the merger. As of October 16th, 2005, only three engines were left in full C&NW paint, but many others were wearing "patch" Union Pacific numbers over their C&NW scheme.
Named routes Chicago and Northwestern operated some notable passenger trains, including the City of Los Angeles and City of Denver. Both of those lines were jointly operated by CNW and the Union Pacific Railroad from 1936 until Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad was created in 1955. This article is about trains in rail transport. ...
The City of Los Angeles, powered by an EMD E2, at a station stop in Cheyenne, Wyoming, February 13, 1938. ...
The City of Denver was a passenger train operated jointly by the Chicago and Northwestern (CNW) and Union Pacific (UP) railroads. ...
The Union Pacific Railroad NYSE: UNP is the largest railroad in the United States. ...
1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The CNW's most famous train, the Chicago-Twin Cities 400 was introduced in 1935 to compete with the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy's Zephyrs and the Milwaukee Road's Hiawathas. This train was named because it traveled the 400 miles between the cities in 400 minutes. CNW was the first system to start a high-speed Chicago-Twin Cities schedule because it used refurbished instead of new equipment, but in 1939, modernized the 400 with new E3A diesel locomotive pairs and streamlined cars. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (AAR reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. ...
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...
A mile is a unit of distance (or, in physics terminology, length) currently defined as 5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, or 63,360 inches. ...
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Kansas City Southern Railroad E3 #3 at Kansas City, Missouri, 1940. ...
CNW eventually renamed the first 400 to the Twin Cities 400 as the CNW stuck almost all of its passenger trains with the 400 moniker, including the Flambeau 400, Rochester 400, and the Kate Shelley 400. CNW ceased running the Twin Cities 400 in 1963, and all intercity passenger service on CNW ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971. The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...
1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...
Additional notes The CNW was known for running "left-hand main" on double track mainlines. In other words, traffic was routed by default to the track on the left rather than the track on the right. In the United States, most railroads followed the "right-hand main" operating practice, while "left-hand main" running was more common in countries where automobile traffic drove on the left as well. According to a display in the Lake Forest station, the reason for this was a combination of chance and inertia. When originally built as single-line trackage, the C&NW arbitrarily placed its stations on the left-hand side of the tracks (when headed inbound toward Chicago). Later, when a second track was added, it was placed on the side away from the stations so as not to force them to relocate. Since most passengers waiting at the stations were headed toward Chicago, the inbound track remained the one closest to the station platforms. The expense of reconfiguring signals and switches has prevented a conversion to right-hand operation ever since. Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois. ...
The railroad also purchased a great deal of its equipment second-hand. CNW shop forces economized wherever possible, earning the railroad the nickname Cheap and Nothing Wasted.
Finally, the CNW has a following of more than 3,000 members of the Chicago and North Western Historical Society. Founded in 1973, The Chicago and North Western Historical Society was organized by a number of Midwestern railfans led by Joseph Follmar. ...
References - Grant, H. Roger (1996). The North Western – A history of the Chicago & North Western Railway system, Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL. ISBN 0-87580-214-1.
- Grant, H. Roger (1984). The Corn Belt Route – A history of the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, IL. ISBN 0-87580-095-5.
- The Trains staff (November, 1990). Timeline. Trains, pp. 21-47.
- (1973). Handy Railroad Atlas of the United States. Rand McNally & Co. p.53.
External links - Chicago & North Western Historical Society
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Amtrak, is the brand name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...
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As of 2004 a Class I railroad in the United States has an operating revenue exceeding $277. ...
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An old logo for the line, which reached Atlanta, Georgia via trackage rights on the Central of Georgia Railway. ...
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States. ...
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The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad or BAR is a defunct United States railroad company, that formerly operated lines in northern Maine. ...
The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad (B≤ AAR reporting mark BLE) was a railroad company operating mainly in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. ...
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1876 map The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) is one of the oldest railroads in the United States, with an original line from the port of Baltimore, Maryland west to the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia and Parkersburg, West Virginia. ...
1885 map The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago, Illinois to Alton, St. ...
The Columbus and Greenville Railway (AAR reporting mark CAGY) was founded in 1975 to operate divested Illinois Central trackage across the state of Mississippi. ...
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (AAR reporting mark CBQ) was a railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States. ...
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois (AAR reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois, St. ...
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The Chicago Great Western Railway (AAR reporting mark CGW) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. ...
The Chicago and Illinois Midland Railway (AAR reporting mark CIM) was a Class I railroad in the United States, serving Peoria, Springfield and Taylorville, Illinois. ...
The Chicago and North Western Railway (AAR reporting marks: CNW, CNWS, CNWZ; unofficial abbreviation: C&NW) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
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The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway (AAR reporting mark CNTP) is a railroad that runs from Cincinnati, Ohio to Chattanooga, Tennessee. ...
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1879 map The Central Vermont Railway (AAR reporting mark CV) was a railroad that operated in the New England states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, [New York], as well as the Canadian province of Quebec. ...
1886 map The Delaware and Hudson Railway (D&H) (AAR reporting mark DH) is a subsidiary of the Canadian Pacific Railway, giving it access to New York City and other parts of the northeastern United States. ...
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The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (AAR reporting mark DMIR) was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to haul iron ore to the Great Lakes port of Duluth, Minnesota and Two Harbors, Minnesota. ...
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The Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway (DSS & A) was an American railroad serving the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and the Lake Superior shoreline of Wisconsin. ...
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The Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DT&I, AAR reporting mark DTI) was a railroad that operated between its namesake cities in Michigan and Ohio between 1905 and 1982. ...
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The Erie Lackawanna Railroad (AAR reporting mark EL) was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. ...
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The Florida East Coast Railway (AAR reporting mark FEC) is a Class II railroad operating in the US state of Florida; in the past, it has been a Class I railroad. ...
The Georgia Railroad (AAR reporting mark GA) was originally chartered in 1833 starting in Augusta, Georgia it was completed into Atlanta by Chief Engineer J. Edgar Thomson in 1845 and Richard Peters was its first superintendent. ...
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A Great Northern train pauses for the photographer four miles west of Minot, North Dakota in 1914. ...
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1884 map of the Pennsylvania, Reading and Lehigh Valley Railroads The Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark LV) was incorporated April 21, 1846 in Pennsylvania. ...
1923 map The Maine Central Railroad was a railroad in central Maine. ...
The Monongahela Railway (AAR reporting mark MGA) was a coal-hauling short line railroad in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in the United States. ...
The Milwaukee Road, officially the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. ...
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad (known as the MKT, or Katy) began as the Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (unrelated to the Union Pacific Railroad) in 1865. ...
The Monon Railroad (AAR reporting marks CIL, MON), also known as the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway from 1897-1956, operated almost entirely within the state of Indiana. ...
Missouri Pacific (MoPac; AAR reporting mark MP) was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. ...
The Minneapolis and St. ...
Montour Railroad is a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in southwestern Pennsylvania. ...
The Midland Valley extended from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Wichita, Kansas prior to its purchase by Missouri Pacifics Texas & Pacific. ...
NC&StL Steam Engine 576, now displayed in Centennial Park in Nashville This famous Southern railroad began as the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, chartered in Nashville in December 1845 and was the first railway to operate in the state of Tennessee. ...
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (AAR reporting mark NH) was a railroad that operated in the northeast United States. ...
The New York, Chicago and St. ...
The Northern Pacific Railway (AAR reporting mark NP) was a railway that operated in the north-central region of the United States. ...
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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) was a regional railroad serving the Redwood Empire of Northern California. ...
1918 map The New York Central Railroad (AAR reporting mark NYC), known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the North-Eastern United States. ...
The New York Connecting Railroad or NYCR is a rail line in Queens, New York City. ...
The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W), also known as the Susie-Q, is a freight railway that runs from Bergen, Hudson and Passaic counties in northern New Jersey northwest through Binghamton, New York with northern termini in Syracuse and Utica. ...
The Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway(OCAA) was formed from trackage from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Atoka, Oklahoma via Shawnee, Oklahoma and Ada, Oklahoma that was not included in the 1923 reorganization of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. ...
Oregon Electric Railway was an interurban railroad line that linked Portland, Oregon to Eugene, Oregon. ...
The New York, Ontario and Western Railway, more commonly known as the O&W or NYO&W, was a regional railroad with origins in 1868, lasting until 1957 when it was ordered liquidated by a US bankruptcy judge. ...
The Penn Central Transportation Company, normally called Penn Central, was an American railroad company, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and formed by the merger on February 1, 1968 of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad; the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was added to the merger...
The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE) ( AAR reporting mark PLE), also known as the Little Giant, was formed on May 11, 1875. ...
The Pere Marquette Railway (AAR reporting mark PM) was a railroad that operated in the Great Lakes region of the United States. ...
1911 map The Pennsylvania Railroad (AAR reporting mark PRR) was an American railroad existing 1846–1968, after which it merged into Penn Central Transportation. ...
Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines (PRSL) was a joint venture of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Reading Railroad in southern New Jersey. ...
The Pittsburg, Shawmut and Northern Railroad (AAR reporting mark PSN) also known as the Shawmut Line, was a former short line railroad company operating passenger and freight service on standard gauge track in central Pennsylvania and western New York. ...
The P&WV formed a connection between the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway and Western Maryland Railway. ...
1923 map The Reading Company (AAR reporting mark RDG), usually called the Reading Railroad, and officially known as the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road and then the Philadelphia and Reading Railway until 1924, operated in southeast Pennsylvania and neighboring states. ...
The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad (AAR reporting mark RFP) was a railroad connecting Richmond, Virginia to Washington, DC. It is now a portion of the CSX Transportation system. ...
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark RI) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
The Rutland Railroad was a small railroad in the north-eastern United States, primarily in the state of Vermont but extending into the state of New York. ...
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark SAL) was an American railroad that existed between 1880s and 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. ...
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The St. ...
Staten Island Railway (SIR) or Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. It began, like the BMT lines to Coney Island, as a typical railway, but it now uses subway cars (R44). ...
The Southern Railway (AAR designation SOU) was the product of nearly 150 predecessor lines that were combined, reorganized and recombined since the 1830s. ...
The Southern Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark SP) was an American railroad. ...
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway coach at Snoqualmie, Washington (Northwest Railway Museum collection) The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway was a United States-based railroad incorporated in 1905. ...
The St. ...
The Tennessee Central Railway Company was founded in 1884 as The Nashville and Knoxville Railroad Company. ...
On 1 January 2005, Kansas City Southern (KCS) took control of The Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex) and the U.S. portion of the International Bridge in Laredo, Texas. ...
Map The Texas and Northern Railway (AAR reporting mark TN) is an eight-mile (13 km) railroad connecting Lone Star, Texas, to the former Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, now a line of the Kansas City Southern Railway, between Daingerfield and Hughes Springs. ...
The Texas and Pacific Railway Company (known as the T&P) was created by federal charter in 1871 with the purpose of building a southern transcontinental railroad between Marshall, Texas and San Diego, California. ...
Utah Railway, railway in the American state of Utah. ...
The Virginian Railway (AAR reporting mark VGN) was a Class 1 railroad located in Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. ...
The Western Railway of Alabama (WRA), also known as the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, ran from a junction near Selma, Alabama through Montgomery, Alabama to West Point, Georgia. ...
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There were two Wisconsin Central railroads that ran through Wisconsin and neighboring states. ...
The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (WLE)s oldest predecessor rail line began in Ohio, with the organization of the Carroll County Rail Road on March 9, 1850. ...
The Western Maryland Railway ( AAR reporting mark WM) was an American Class I railroad which operated in Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. ...
The Western Pacific Railroad (AAR reporting mark WP) was a Class I railroad in the United States. ...
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