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More money for constructing new roads sounds good superficially, since road expansion
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The eastern leg of the Sunset limited was fatally flawed in three ways. Some of the stations and their locations were terrible. Making a 90 degree turn from east-west to north-south at Jacksonville was an expensive waste of Amtrak's resources. Sch... - 2011/10/31 Welcome to the South Bend Southern! -
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Disused Railways & 80s' Rail Heaven
A passionate but not serious look at Britains railways in the 80s and ones that no longer exist.
Railway Photographs
A Collection of Railway Photographs, available as both Photo gifts & Stock Photography. All taken in the United Kingdom.
The Connecticut Railfan About Railroads in Connecticut
The name for a famous bar car was "V:XI-GBC" for the departure time which was 5:11. RPO's on the New Haven. New York City freight. Railroad path between Norwalk and Pittsfield. Naugatuck Line to Winsted. The saga of a short line serving Middletown, Ct. Bridgeport General Electric. Coverage of Central New England, Naugatuck, Boston, Hartford and Danbury Line.
Railroad at Fishkill Landing NY First Phase
The first phase of the NYC rebuilding at Fishkill Landing starting in 1913. The Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad became part of the Central New England Railway (CNE). The Central New England Railway was part of the New Haven Railroad. The New York Central ran from New York City to Albany and beyond through the Hudson Valley. The two roads met at Fishkill Landing.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad ..... it is no more!
Running through New York State, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, the Lehigh Valley Railroad served New York City by carfloat. Chartered in 1853, the Lehigh Valley opened from Easton PA to Mouch Chunk (since renamed Jim Thorpe) by 1855. It had begun in 1846 as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill & Susquehanna Railroad. Nothing was done until 1851 when financing was secured from Asa Packer. The idea had been to break a canal monopoly on anthracite held by the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
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