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Bakersfield and Kern Electric Ry. |
From 1902, converted to bus 28 Feb 1942.(San Joaquin LandP 1910-1933) |
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Bald Eagle Valley RR |
From 1861, part of PRR after 1864. |
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Baltimore and Annapolis RR |
From Washington Baltimore and Annapolis RR in 1935, pax converted to bus in 1950, frt. mostly supended in 1968.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1950 |
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Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line RR |
From Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line RR in 1894, taken over in 1907 by Maryland Electric (BandASL) and electrified.(not electric)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1950 |
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Baltimore and Annapolis Short Line RR (DBA of Maryland Electric) |
In 1908, Maryland Electric took control and converted to electric; acquired by Washington Baltimore and Annapolis RR in 1921.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1950 |
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Baltimore and Eastern RR |
From Maryland Delaware and Virginia Ry. in 1924, became the Conrail in 1976. |
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Baltimore and Eastern Shore RR |
From Wicomico and Pocomoke in 1890, became Balt. Ches. and Atl. in 1894. |
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Baltimore and Lehigh Ry. |
From Maryland Central RR in 1891, to Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1901. |
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Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal RR |
From Chicago Terminal Transfer RR in 1910, merged into the Chessie System in 1973.(BandO) |
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Baltimore and Ohio RR |
Opened in 1827, merged into the Chessie System in 1973.(CandO after 1962) |
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Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern RR/Ry. |
Reorg of the Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore in 1889, became sep. operated part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1900.(BandO) |
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Baltimore and Potomac RR |
Opened in 1871, became part of the Philadelphia baltimore and Washington RR (PRR) in 1891.(PRR) |
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Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic RR |
Opened in 1894, became part of the Baltimore and Eastern RR in 1928. |
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Baltimore Transit Co. |
From United Rys. and Electric in 9135., became the MTA in 1970. |
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Bamberger Electric RR |
From Salt Lake and Ogden RR in 1919, became the Bamberger RR in 1939. |
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Bamberger RR |
From Bamberger Electric RR in 1939, abandoned in 1958. |
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Bangor and Aroostook RR |
From Bangor and Piscataquis RR in 1892, acquired by Iron Road Rys. in 1995. |
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Bangor and Piscataquis RR |
From 1869, became the Bangor and Aroostook in 1892. |
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Bangor and Portland RR |
From 1879, part of DLandW after 1909.(DLandW 1900-09) |
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Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. |
From Bangor Railway and Electric Co. in 1924, converted to bus by1945. |
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Bangor Railway and Electric Co. |
From Bangor Street Ry. in 1910, became the Bangor Hydro-Electric Co. in 1924. |
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Barre and Chelsea RR |
From Montpelier and Wells River RR in 1944, became the Montpelier and Barre (abnd. 1980) in 1957. |
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Bath and Hammondsport RR |
Opened in 1875, became the standard guage in 1890.(NG) |
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Bay Area Rapid Transit District |
Opened in 1972. |
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Bay Of Quinte Ry. |
From merger of two roads in 1897, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1910. |
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Bay Point and Clayton RR |
Opened in 1908, became a U.S. Navy facility in 1946. |
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Bay State Street Ry. Co. |
From Boston and Northern St. Ry. in 1911, became the Eastern Mass. St. Ry. in 1919. |
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BC Rail Ltd. |
From British Columbia Ry. in 1984, sold rail operations to CN in 2004.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;2002 |
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Beaumont and Great Northern RR |
From 1906, became part of MKT in 1913. |
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Beaver Valley Traction Co. |
From Beaver Valley St. Ry. in 1891, streetcars discontinued in 1937. |
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Bee Line (see CCCandI Ry.) |
Opened in 1868, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1889. |
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Beech Creek RR |
Opened in 1886, absorbed by the New York Central and Hudson River RR on May 1, 1899.(NYCandHR after 1890) |
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Beech Grove Traction Co. |
From 1911 to 1938 (Indianapolis). |
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Belfast and Moosehead Lake RR |
Opened in 1869, City of Belfast acquired lease from Maine Central RR in 1926, became a tourist line in 1990 and closed in 2008.(MeC 1870-1926)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1960 |
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Bellaire Zanesville and Cincinnati RR |
From Bellaire and Southwestern, became Ohio River and Western in 1902.(NG) |
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Bellefonte Central RR |
From Buffalo Run, Bellefonte and Bald Eagle in 1892, abandoned in 1983. |
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Bellingham and Northern RR |
From Bellingham Bay and British Columbia RR in 1912, became part of the CMandSP in 1918.(CMandSP) |
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Bellingham Bay and British Columbia RR |
Opened in 1891, became the Bellingham and Northern RR in 1912.(CMandSP after 1912) |
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Bellows Falls and Saxton River St. Ry. |
Opened in 1900, stopped operating after a fire in 1924. |
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Bells Gap RR |
From 1873, became part of the Pennsylvania and Northwestern (LV) in 1889. |
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Belvedere Delaware RR |
Opened in 1851, leased by the Pennsylvania RR in 1872.(PRR after 1872) |
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Bennington and Rutland Ry. |
Opened in 1877, became part of the Rutland RR in 1900. |
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Benton Harbor-St. Joe Ry. and Light Co. |
Opened in 1910, became the Indiana and Michigan Elec. Co. in 1922. |
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Berkshire Street Ry. |
Opened in 1903, converted to bus in 1932.(NYNHH) |
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Bermuda Ry. |
Abandoned in 1948. |
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Bessemer and Lake Erie RR |
From Pittsburg Bessemer and Lake Erie RR in 1901, became part of Great Lakes Transportation in 2001. |
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Biddeford and Saco RR |
Converted From horse car in 1892, abandoned in 1939. |
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Big Four Route |
Opened in 1889, became part of the New York Central RR in 1930.(see Cleve., Cin., Chi. and St.L.) |
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Big Sandy and Cumberland RR |
From 1902, converted to standard and absorbed by NandW in 1931.(NG, NandW after 1923) |
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Billerica and Bedford RR (NG) |
From 1877, abandoned in 1878. |
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Bingham and Garfield Ry. |
From 1911 to 1948.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1921 |
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Birmingham and Northwestern RR |
From 1912, became part of GMandNo. in 1927.(GMandN 1926-7) |
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Birmingham and Southeastern RR |
From Union Sprs. and No. in 1911, abandoned in 1965. |
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Birmingham Electric Co. |
From Birmingham Ry. and Electric Co. in 1930 , became Birmingham Transit Co. in 1951. |
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Birmingham Ry. and Electric Co. |
Consolidated in 1890, became Birmingham Electric Co. in 1940. |
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Black Mountain Ry. |
Opened in 1913, became the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Ry. in 1918. |
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Black River and Utica RR |
Opened in 1855, became the Utica and Black River RR in 1861. |
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Bloomington Pontiac and Joliet Ry. |
Opened in 1905, abandoned in 1925. |
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Bloomsburg and Sullivan RR |
Opened in 1887, became part of the Reading RR in 1928. |
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Blue Hill Street Ry. |
Opened in 1900, replaced by bus line in 1922. |
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Blue Ridge Ry. |
From 1895, absorbed into Carolina and Northwestern (SOU) in 1951.(SOU after 1901) |
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Bluffton Geneva and Celina Traction Co. |
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1917.(see CERA) |
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Boise Valley Traction Co. |
From Idaho Traction in 1915, abandoned in 1928. |
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Bonhomie and Hattiesburg So. RR |
Tatum Lumber purchased this branch from the Gulf Mobile and Northern in 1925, absorbed by Illinois Central Gulf in 1972. |
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Boston and Albany RR |
Opened in 1867, became part of the New York Central RR in 1935.(NYC after 1900) |
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Boston and Lowell and Concord RRs |
This joint operation of the BandL and Concord began in 1881, split into the former units in 1883. |
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Boston and Lowell RR |
Opened in 1834, leased by the Boston and Maine RR in Apr 1887.(BandLandC 1881-1883) |
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Boston and Maine Corp. |
From Boston and Maine RR in 1964, became the Guilford Transportation in 1981. |
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Boston and Maine RR |
Opened in 1842, became the Boston and Maine Corp. in 1964. |
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Boston and New York Air Line Ry./RR |
Opened in 1875, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1883. |
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Boston and Northern Street Ry. |
From the Lynn and Boston RR in 1901, merged into Bay State St. Ry. in 1911Massachusetts Electric Cos. |
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Boston and Providence RR |
Opened in 1834, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1888. |
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Boston and Worcester (steam) RR |
Opened in 1834, became part of the Boston and Albany RR in 1867. |
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Boston and Worcester Street Ry. |
Opened in 1902, became the Boston Worcester and New York Street Ry. in 1927. |
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Boston Barre and Gardner RR |
Opened in 1871, became part of the Fitchburg RR in 1885. |
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Boston Clinton and Fitchburg RR |
Opened in 1867, became the Boston Clinton Fitchburg and New Bedford RR in 1876. |
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Boston Clinton Fitchburg and New Bedford RR |
Consol. of BCandF and the New Bedford RRs, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1879. |
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Boston Concord and Montreal RR (see BCMandWM) |
Opened in 1848, added White Mts. to its dba after 1874. |
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Boston Concord Montreal [and White Mountains] RR |
From Boston Concord and Montreal RR, which used this dba after consol. w/ White Mtns. in 1874, became the Concord and Montreal RR in 1889.(BandL 1884-8, Concord 1888-9) |
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Boston Hartford and Erie RR |
From Southern Midland RR in 1863, became reorganized as the New York and New England RR in 1874. |
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Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Western Ry. |
Opened in 1878, became part of the Fitchburg RR in 1887. |
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Boston Lowell and Nashua RRs (dba of BandL and BandN under joint operation) |
(dba of BandL and BandN under joint operation) |
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Boston Revere Beach and Lynn RR |
From (electric after 1928) in 1875, became part converted to the Blue line of the Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1937. |
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Boston Worcester and New York Street Ry. |
From Boston and Worcester Street Ry. 1927, converted to bus in 1932. |
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Boyne City Gaylord and Alpena RR |
From Boyne City and Southeastern, became Boyne City RR in 1935. |
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Bradford Bordell and Kinzua RR |
from 1880, reorganized as the Buffalo, Bradford and Kane in 1904, which lasted until 1906.(narrow guage) |
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Bradford Eldred and Cuba RR |
from 1881, abandoned 1893.(narrow guage)(Erie)(see Bradford Bordell and Kinzua) |
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Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Ry. |
Opened in 1893, became the Minnesota and international Ry. in 1901. |
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Bridgton and Harrison Ry. |
From Bridgton and Saco River RR in 1930, abandoned in 1941. |
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Bridgton and Saco River RR |
Opened in 1883, became the Bridgton and Harrison Ry. in 1930. |
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British Columbia Electric Ry. |
Opened in 1891, became the British Columbia Transit about in 1963. |
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British Columbia Ry. |
From Pacific Great Eastern Ry. in 1972, restructured as BC Rail Ltd. in 1984. |
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British Columbia Transit |
From British Columbia Electric Ry. in 1963. |
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Brockton and Plymouth Street Ry. |
Consolidated in 1900, Converted to Plymouth and Brocton St. Ry. Co. BUS service in 1928. |
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Brockton Bridgewater and Taunton Street Ry. |
Opened in 1897, acquired by Brockton St. Ry. in 1901.(see Taunton St. Ry.) |
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Brockville Westport and |
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Brockville Westport and North-Western RR |
Reorganization of the BW and SSM. Canadian Northern acquired control in 1910 and fully absorbed by 1914. |
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Brooklyn Heights RR |
Opened 1888, acquired by Bkln Rapid Transit in 1899. |
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Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit |
From Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. in 1923, taken over by the NYC Board of Transportation in 1940. |
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. |
Consolidated Brooklyn Lines in 1899, renamed B-MT in 1923. |
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Brownwood North and South RR |
Opened 1911, abandoned 1927.(SLSF) |
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Brunswick and Western RR |
From the Brunswick and Albany in 1882, leased to the Savannah Florida and Western RR in 1888. |
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Bucks County Interurban RR |
Split from NJandP Traction Co. in 1913, became the Pennsylvania-New Jersey Ry. in 1917. |
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Buffalo and Erie Ry. |
From Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Co. in 1924, abandoned in 1933. |
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Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Co. |
Opened in 1906, became the Buffalo and Erie Ry. in 1924. |
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Buffalo and Oil City Cross-Cut RR |
Consolidated in 1867 and sold to the Buffalo Corry and Pittsburg RR the same year. |
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Buffalo and Pittsburg Line |
From Allegheny Valley and#43; Buffalo New York and Philadelphia in 1883, discontinued in 1887. |
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Buffalo and Susquehanna RR Corp. and#43; |
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Buffalo and Susquehanna Ry. |
Opened in 1893, became the Buffalo and Susquehanna RR Corp. and#43; Buffalo and Susquehanna Ry. in 1913. |
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Buffalo Belt Line (see NYCandHR) |
Opened in 1883, as an integral part of the NYC system 7310.c1920 |
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Buffalo Creek and Gauley RR |
Opened in 1905, abandoned in 1965. |
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Buffalo Lockport and Rochester RR (see Trolley Talk, NYSERG) |
From 1908, became the Rochester Lockport and Buffalo RR inn 1919. |
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Buffalo New York and Philadelphia RR |
Opened during 1872, became the Western New York and Pennsylvania RR in Sep 1887. |
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Buffalo Northwestern Ry. |
Opened in 1918, became part of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. in 1920. |
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Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Ry. |
From Rochester and Pittsburgh Ry. in 1885, became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1932. |
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Buffalo Ry. |
Opened in 1890, became the International Ry. in 1902 |
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Bullfrog Goldfield RR |
Opened in 1907, abandoned in 1928.(TandG 1906-08, TandT 1908-14, LVandT 1914-18, TandT 1918-28) |
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Burlington and Lamoille RR |
From 1877, became the Burlington and Lamoille Valley and immediately leased to the CV on 1 May 1889. |
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Burlington and Lamoille Valley RR |
Absorbed by parent CV after its creation on 1 May 1889.(CV) |
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Burlington and Missouri River RR in Neb. |
Opened in 1872, became part of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR in 1880. |
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Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Ry. |
From Burlington Cedar Rapids and Minnesota in 1876, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. in 1902. |
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Burlington Northern Ry. |
A merger of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington and SPandS in 1970, merged into the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. in 1996. |
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Ry. |
A merger of the Santa Fe and the Burlington Northern in 1996. |
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Burlington-Rock Island RR |
From Trinity and Brazos Valley RR in 1930, became jointly owned and operated by the FWandDC and CRIP in 1950 and formally expired in 1964. |
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Butte County RR |
From 1903, acquired by Southern Pacific in 1916. |
