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Cadiz RR |
Opened in 1902, abandoned in 1985. |
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Cahuenga Valley RR |
From the Temple and Diamond Streets Steam Dummy RR on April 16, 1888, sold to the Pasadena and Pacific RR on May 6, 1896. |
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Cairo and Fulton RR |
Opened in 1858, became part of the St. Louis Iron Mtn. and Southern in 1874.(SLandIM after 1868) |
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Cairo Arkansas and Texas RR |
Opened in 1873, became part of the St. Louis Iron Mtn. and Southern in 1874.(SLandIM) |
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Cairo RR |
Opened in 1884, leased the Catskill Mountain Ry. in 1885.(CM after 1885) |
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Cairo Vincennes and Chicago Line |
Receivership of the old Cairo and Vincennes out of the bankruptcy of the Wabash St. Louis and Pacific Ry. in 1887, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1889. |
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Calais and Baring and Lewys Island Rail Roads |
From 1849, tho St. Croix and Penobscot in 1870. |
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Calgary Transit |
From Calgary Municipal Ry. in 1949, converted to bus by 1972, introduced light rail in 1981. |
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California Central Ry. |
From Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley RR in 1887, became consol. into the Southern California Ry. in 1889.(ATandSF) |
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California Northwestern RR |
From San Francisco and North Pacific Ry. in 1898, Principal unit of consolidated NWP in 1907. |
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California Pacific RR |
Opened in 1871, absorbed by the Central Pacific in 1876. |
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California Southern RR |
Opened in 1881, became consol. into the Southern California Ry. in 1889.(ATandSF) |
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California Western RR |
From California Western RR and Navigation Co. in 1948, acquired by the Sierra RR in 2003 as a tourist line. |
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California Western RR and Navigation Co. |
Opened in 1906, became the California Western RR in 1948. |
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Cambria and Indiana RR |
From Black Lick and Yellow Creek in Jul 1911, abandoned 1994.(Bethlehem Steel)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1934 |
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Camden and Amboy RR |
Opened in 1832, pooled with the New York and Philadelphia RR Line (United Rys. Of New Jersey) in 1867. |
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Camden and Atlantic RR |
Opened in 1852, leased by the PRR in 1883, consol. into West Jersey and Seashore on 1896.(PRR after 1883) |
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Camden and Atlantic RR |
From Camden and Atlantic RR in 1852, became part of the West Jersey and Seashore RR in 1896.(PRR) |
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Camden and Burlington RR |
Opened in 1866, became part of the Camden and Amboy RR in 1868. |
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Camino Placerville and Lake Tahoe RR |
From Placerville and Lake Tahoe RR in 1911, abandoned in 1986.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1937 |
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Campbells Creek RR |
From 1902 to 1962. |
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Canada and Gulf Terminal RR |
Opened in 1911, . |
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Canada Atlantic Ry. |
Opened in 1883, became part of the Grand Trunk Ry. in 1905. |
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Canada Central Ry. |
From Brockville and Ottawa Ry. in 1877, absorbed by the CP in 1881. |
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Canada Southern Ry. |
Opened in 1873, reorganized by the NYCandHR in 1878 and operated by the Michigan Central after 1883.(NYCandHR after 1878) |
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Canadian Government Rys. |
From Intercol., Transcon. and PEI Rys. in 1913, became the Canadian National Rys. in 1918. |
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Canadian National and Grand Trunk Western Rys. |
From Canadian National Rys. and#43; Grand Trunk Ry. in 1921, Canadian psgr. ops. taken over by VIA Rail Canada in 1977.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1977 |
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Canadian National Electric RR (see NStCandT) |
CN Holding Company for their electric subsidiaries. |
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Canadian National Rys. (see CN and GTW) |
From Intercol., Transcon. and PEI Rys. in 1918, merged into the Canadian National and Grand Trunk Western Rys. in 1923. |
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Canadian Northern Ontario Ry. |
From James Bay Ry. in 1906, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1915. |
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Canadian Northern Pacific Ry. |
From Chartered in 1910, but no service operated until in 1917, became part of the Canadian National Rys. in 1918. |
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Canadian Northern Quebec Ry. |
From amalgamation in 1906, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1915. |
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Canadian Northern Ry. |
Opened in 1900, became taken over by the Canadian Government Rys. in 1918. |
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Canadian Pacific Ry |
Opened in 1881, became the CP Rail in 1968. |
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Canal RR (see New Haven and Northampton Co.) |
Built by the Canal Co. in 1847, used the New Haven and Northampton RR dba after leases expired in 1869. |
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Cananea Yaqui River and Pacific RR |
From Cananea Consol. Copper Co. in 1903, became the basis for the the SP de Mexico in 1909.(SP) |
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Canon City and Cripple Creek RR (see Denver and Southwestern RR) |
Opened in 1900, operations suspended in 1912, later dissolved.(FandCC) |
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Canton-Akron RR |
Opened in 1901, acq. by No. O. TandL in 1906. |
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Canton and Carthage RR |
From lumber lines in 1928, abandoned 1959. Never operated passenger service. |
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Cape Breton Electric Co. |
From Cape Breton Electric Tramway and Power Co. (1900), bankrupt in 1931, briefly became Eastern Lt. and Power Co. and then Cape Breton Tramways Co. |
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Cape Breton Tramways Co. |
From Eastern Lt. and Power Co. in 1931, became Cape Breton Bus and Tram Co. in 1944. |
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Cape Cod RR |
Opened in 1848, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1872. |
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Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley RR |
From Western RR of NC in 1879, split between the Southern (Atlantic and Yadkinafter 1916) and Atlantic Coast Line after bankruptcy in 1894 in 1899. |
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Cape May and Millville RR |
Became part of West Jersey in 1868. |
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Capital Transit Co. |
From consolidation in 1933, became DC Transit in 1956. |
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Carolina and Northwestern Ry |
From Carolina and Northwestern Ry. in 1933, became part of the Norfolk Southern RR/Ry. in 1974..(SOU) |
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Carolina and Northwestern Ry. |
From Chester and Lenoir (NG) in 1897, converted in 1902, leased by the Carolina and Northwestern Ry.(SOU) in 1933. |
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Carolina Atlantic and Western RR |
From NandSC and SCW in Apr 1914, became part of the Seaboard Air Line Ry. on 5 Nov 1915. |
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Carolina Central RR |
From Wilmington Charlotte and Rutherford RR in 1873, became part of the Seaboard Air Line Ry. in 1900.(SandR) |
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Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Ry. |
From South and Western RR in 1908, became the Clinchfield RR in 1924. |
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Carrollton and Worthville RR |
Opened in 1906, became the Carrollton RR in 1930. |
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Carson and Colorado Ry. |
Opened in 1881, became part of the Southern Pacific Lines in 1905.(SP after 1900) (NG) |
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Cartier Ry. |
Physically isolated iron railway opened in 1960. |
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Catasauqua and Fogelsville RR |
Opened 1856, absorbed by Reading in 1929. |
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Catskill and Tannersville Ry. |
Opened in 1900, became the Catskill Mountain RR in 1916. |
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Catskill Mountain RR |
From Catskill Mountainand Tannersville RR in 1917, abandoned in 1919. |
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Catskill Mountain Ry. |
Opened in 1882, became the Catskill Mountainand Tannersville RR in 1916. |
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Cazenovia Canastota and De Ruyter RR |
Opened in 1873, became part of the Elmira Corning and Northern RR in 1884. |
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Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Ry. |
Opened in 1904, pax svc. ended and became dieselized in 1953.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1953 |
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Central Branch Union Pacific RR |
From Atchison and Pikes Peak RR in 1866, cont. by UP 1880-93 but leased to MP 1880-1899, became the Central Branch RR sub. of the Missouri Pacific Sys. in 1899.(UP/MP 1880-1893, MP after 1893) |
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Central California Traction Co. |
Opened in 1907, became a steam RR in 1947.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1933 |
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Central Canada RR |
Opened in 1916, became part of the Northern Alberta Rys. in 1929.(CP 1921-5; AGL after 1927) |
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Central Electric Railway Association |
From merger of Ohio and Indiana interurban Associations in 1906, disbanded in 1931. |
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Central Iowa Ry. |
Opened in 1879, became the Iowa Central Ry. in 1889. |
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Central Massachusetts RR |
From Massachesetts Central RR 1883, leased by the Boston and Lowell RR on 1 Oct 1886. |
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Central New England and Western RR |
From Hartford and Connecticut Western RR in 1889, became part of the Philadelphia Reading and New England RR in Aug 1892.(PandR after Jan 1892) |
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Central New England Ry. |
From Philadelphia Reading and New England RR in 1899, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1927.(NH after 1904) |
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Central New York Southern RR |
From New York Auburn and Lansing RR in 1914, abandoned in 1924. |
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Central of Georgia RR |
From Central RR and Banking Co. of Georgia in 1895, became part of the Southern Ry. in 1963. |
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Central Ontario Ry. |
From Prince Edward County Ry. (1880) in 1882, became part of the Canadian Northern Ry. in 1916.(Can. Nor. after 1909) (see Canadian Northern Ry.) |
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Central Pacific RR |
Opened in 1864, became part of the Southern Pacific Lines in 1885. |
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Central [RR and Banking Co.] of Georgia |
Opened in 1838, became the Central of Georgia RR in 1895.(RandD 1891-2) |
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Central RR Co. of New Jersey |
Opened in 1850, became part of the Conrail in 1976.(PandR 1883-87, 1892, RDG 1908-76) |
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Central RR Co. of Pennsylvania |
From Central Pennsylvania RR. in 1890, abandoned in 1918. |
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Central Ry. Ltd. (NS) |
From Nova Scotia Central Ry. (1886) in 1896, acquired by Halifax and SW in 1903. |
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Central Short Line (see Charlotte, Columbus and Augusta RR) |
From consolidation in 1869, became part of the Richmand and Danville RR in 1886. |
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Central Vermont RR |
From Vermont Central RR in 1873, acquired out of bankruptcy by the Grand Trunk as CV RAILWAY in 1899. |
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Central Vermont Ry. |
CV RR acquired out of bankruptcy by the Grand Trunk in 1899, acquired by New England Central in 1995.(GT-CN) |
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Central West Virginia and Southern RR |
From Dry Fork RR in 1913, abandoned in 1936. |
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Centralia and Chester RR |
Opened in 1890, became the Illinois Southern RR in 1900. |
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Chambersburg and Gettysburg RR |
Opened 1 Nov1891, regular operations disc. 30 Jun 1893. |
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Charles City Western RR |
From steam to electric in 1916, became part of the Iowa Terminal RR in 1964.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1952 |
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Charleston and Savannah Ry. |
From Savannah and Charleston Ry. in 1880, became part of the Savannah Florida and Western Ry. in 1901. |
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Charleston and Western Carolina Ry. |
From Port Royal and Augusta and#43; Port Royal and Western Carolina RRs in 1896, became part of the Atlantic Coast Line RR in 1960. |
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Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago RR |
Opened 1886, became the Ohio River and Charleston RR in 1894.see South Carolina RR |
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Charleston Sumpter and Northern RR |
Opened in 1890, became part of the Atlantic Coast Line of Rys. in 1895. |
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Charlotte Columbia and Augusta RR (Central Short Line) |
From consolidation in 1869, became part of the Richmand and Danville RR in 1886. |
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Charlotte Harbor and Northern Ry. |
Opened in 1906, became part of the Seaboard Air Line RR/Ry. in 1926. |
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Chateaugay RR |
Opened in 1879, became standard guage and part of the Delaware and Hudson Co. in 1903.(NG) |
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Chatham and Lebanon Valley RR |
From Lebanon Springs RR in 1899, became part of the Rutland RR in 1901. |
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Chattanooga and Lookout Mountain Ry. |
Opened in 1889, abandoned in 1899. |
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Chattanooga Railway and Light Co. |
From a consolidation in 1909, became Tennesssee Electric Power Co. in 1922. |
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Chattanooga Traction Co. |
Opened in 1913, converted to bus in 1934. |
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Chautauqua Lake Ry. |
From 1887, became Jamestown and Lake Erie Ry. in 1904. |
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Chautauqua Traction Co. |
Opened in 1904, abandoned in 1926. |
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Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. |
Opened in 1868, merged into the Chessie System in 1973.(NNandMV 1886-8) |
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Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Of Indiana |
From Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville RR on 23 Jun 1910, called the Chicago Division as early as 1911 and identity merged in 1921 though shell survived until 1 Oct 1934..(CandO) |
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Chesapeake Beach Ry. |
Opened in 1899, remnant op. by the East Washington Ry. in 1935. |
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Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern RR (to 1886) |
Opened in 1881, became part of the Illinois Central RR in 1897. |
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Cheshire RR |
Opened in 1847, became part of the Fitchburg RR in 1890. |
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Chessie System |
Created in 1973 to combine CandO-owned properties, merged into the CSX Corp. in 1980. |
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Chester and Derry RR |
Opened in 1896, ran mostly as a coop until 1928. |
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Chester and Lenoir RR |
From 1881, leased before completion to the Char. Col. and Aug. in 1882, reorg. as Carolina and Northwestern Ry. in 1897.(NG) (CCandA-RandD 1881-1893) |
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Chestnut Ridge Ry. |
Opened in 1899, reorg (rr to ry) in 1901, reorg (ry to rr) in 2004, occasionally active as of 2010.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1935 |
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Chicago Alton and St. Louis RR |
From Chicago and St. Louis in 1858, bevame the Chicago and Alton in 1862. |
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Chicago and Alton RR |
From Chicago Alton and St. Louis RR in 1862, became the Alton RR in 1931.(TSLandW 1908-21) |
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Chicago and Atlantic Ry. |
Opened in 1883, became the Chicago and Erie RR (Erie) in 1890. |
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Chicago and Des Plaines Valley Electric Ry. |
Opened in 1901, became part pf the Chicago and Joliet Electric Ry. in 1915. |
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR |
From Chicago Danville and Vincennes Ry in 1877, acquired and divided by the MoPac and LandN in 1976.(SLSF 1902-13) |
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Chicago and Erie RR |
From Chicago and Atlantic RR in 1890, became fully absorbed by the Erie RR in 1941.(Erie) |
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Chicago and Grand Trunk Ry. |
Opened in 1880, became the Grand Trunk Western RR in 1900. |
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Chicago and Great Eastern Ry. |
From Chicago and Cincinnati RR 1863, merged into the Columbus Chicago and Central indiana RR in 1868. |
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Chicago and Illinois Midland Ry. |
From Pawnee RR in 1906. Bencame the Illinois and Midland in 1996. |
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Chicago and Illinois Valley RR |
From Illinois Traction System in 1929, abandoned in 1934. |
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Chicago and Interurban Traction Co. RR |
Opened in 1911, abandoned in 1927. |
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Chicago and Joliet Electric Ry. |
Opened in 1901, abandoned in 1933. |
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Chicago and Milwaukee Electric RR |
Opened in 1898, became the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee RR in 1916. |
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Chicago and North Western Ry. |
Opened in 1859, became the Union Pacific Ry. about in 1990. |
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Chicago and Northern Pacific RR |
From Chicago Great Western RR in 1890, became part of the Chicago Terminal Transfer RR in 1897.(WC 1892-7) |
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Chicago and Pacific RR |
From 1872, absorbed by CMandSP in 1880. |
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Chicago and Southern Traction Co. |
Opened in 1901, became the Chicago and Interurban Traction Co. RR in 1922. |
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Chicago and St. Louis Ry. [1] |
From 1852, became Chicago Alton and St. Louis RR in 1859. |
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Chicago and St. Louis Ry. [2] |
From Chicago St. Louis and Western in 1885, became part of the Chicago Santa Fe and California Ry. in 1887. |
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Chicago and West Michigan Ry. |
Opened in 1879, became part of the Pere Marquette RR/Ry in 1900. |
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Chicago and West Towns Ry. |
From County Traction (1910) in 1913, converted to bus in 1948. |
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Chicago and Western Indiana RR |
Opened in 1879.(CandEI, UP)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1964 |
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Chicago Aurora and DeKalb RR |
Started as a motor car line in 1909, electrified in 1910, abandoned in 1923. |
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Chicago Aurora and Elgin RR |
From Aurora Elginand Chicago RR in 1923, abandoned in 1961. |
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Chicago Bloomington and Decatur Ry. |
Open 1 Nov 1905, fully subsumed into IT System after 1908.(Illinois Traction System, qv) |
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Chicago Burlington and Northern RR |
Opened in 1886, became part of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR in 1899.(CBandQ after 1894) |
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Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR |
Opened in 1856, merged into the Burlington Northern Ry. in 1970. |
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Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville RR |
From Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie in 1903, became the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. of Indiana in 1910.(Great Central Route 1904-05) |
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Chicago Danville and Vincennes Ry |
Opened in 1869, became the Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR in 1877. |
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Chicago Great Western Ry. |
From Chicago St. Paul and Kansas City Ry. in 1883, became part of the Chicago and North Western Ry. in 1968. |
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Chicago Harvard and Geneva Lake RR |
Opened in 1899, abandoned in 1932.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1930 |
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Chicago Indiana and Eastern RR |
Opened in 1895, became part of the Pitts.Cinn. Chi. and St. L. in 1907. |
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Chicago Indiana and Southern RR |
From Indiana Illinois and Iowa RR in 1906, became part of the New York Central RR in 1914.(NYC) |
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Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville (Monon) Ry. |
From Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Ry in 1898, became the Monon RR in 1956. |
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Chicago Kalamazoo and Saginaw Ry. |
Opened in 1888, became part of the New York Central RR in 1930. |
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Chicago Kansas and Nebraska RR |
Opened in 188?, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. in 1891.(CRIandP after 1889) |
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Chicago Kansas and Western RR |
Opened in 1886, absorbed by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe RR in 1890.(ATandSF construction vehicle) |
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Chicago Kansas City and Texas RR |
Opened in 1887, became the Kansas City and Atlantic Ry. in 1893. |
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Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend RR |
Opened in 1904, became the Chicago South Shore and South Bend RR in 1925. |
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Chicago Milwaukee and Gary RR |
Opened in 1908, absoirbed by the CMStPandP in 1930. |
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Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Ry. |
Opened in 1909, became part of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. in 1912. |
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Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. |
From Milwaukee and St. Paul in 1874, became the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific RR in 1927. |
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Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific RR |
From Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. in 1927, became part of the Soo Line RR in 1986. |
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line |
Opened in 1907, became went bankrupt before operating, line taken over by the Gary and interurban RR in 1912. |
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Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee RR |
From Chicago and Milwaukee Electric RR in 1916, became dismembered, part going to the CTA Skokie Swift in 1962. |
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Chicago Ottawa and Peoria RR |
From Chicago and Illinois Valley Ry. in 1908, became a detached part of the Illinois Traction System in 1923, abandoned in 1934. |
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Chicago Palatine and Wauconda RR |
From Palatine Lake Zurich and Wauconda RR in 1921, abandoned 1924. |
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Chicago Peoria and St. Louis Ry. |
Organized by JSEL out of Wabash St. L. and Pac. in 1887, emerged in 1894, split up in 1926, most going to the Chicago and Illinois Midland Ry. (JSEL 1887-93, CPandStL-IL 1900-1913) |
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Chicago Peoria and St. Louis Ry. of Illinois (see CPandStL) |
Reorg. of CPandStL Ry on 1 Feb 1896, reverted to CPandStL RR on 1 Jan 1913. |
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Chicago Rapid Transit Company |
Consolidation of Elevated lines in 1947, became the Chicago Transit Authy. in 1947. |
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Chicago Rock Island and Gulf Ry. |
From consolidation of four Texas subsidiaries in 1903, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. in 1939. |
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Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. |
Opened in 1866, became the dismembered in 1980. |
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Chicago Rock Island and Texas RR |
Opened in 1893, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. in 1903. |
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Chicago Santa Fe and California Ry. |
From Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1886, became part of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. in 1888. |
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Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Ry. |
From Northern Indiana Ry. in 1907, became part of the Northern indiana Rys. in 1930. |
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Chicago South Shore and South Bend RR |
From Chicago Lake Shore and South Bend RR in 1925, psgr. svc. taken over by Northern indiana Commuter Transportation District in 1989, still operating in2003 for freight . |
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Chicago Springfield and St. Louis RR |
From Chicago Peoria and St. Louis Ry. in 1926, became the dismembered in 1941. |
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Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans RR |
From New Orleans St. Louis and Chicago RR in 1877, became part of the Illinois Central RR in 1882. |
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Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburgh RR |
From Columbus Chicago and Indiana Central Ry. in 1883, became part of the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1890.Pennsylvania Co. |
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Chicago St. Paul and Kansas City Ry. |
From Minnesota and Northwestern RR in 1888, became the Chicago Great Western Ry. in 1893. |
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Chicago St. Paul and Minneapolis Line (CandNWand#43;West Wisc.) |
Comprising the West Wisc. and CandNW Elroy line until 1878, became the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Line in 1880. |
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Chicago St. Paul and Minneapolis RR (see Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Line) |
From West WisconsinRy. (1872) in 1878, became part of the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha RR in 1880. |
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Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Line (CStPandM, NoWisc and StPandSC) |
Succeeding the CStPandM Line in 1878, became the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha RR (Royal Route) in 1880. |
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Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha RR |
From Chicago St. Paul and Minneapolis RR in 1880, became part of the Chicago and North Western Ry. in 1957.(CNW after 1882) |
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Chicago Terminal Transfer RR |
From Chicago and Northern Pacific RR in 1897, became the Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal RR in 1910. |
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Chicago Terre Haute and Southeastern RR |
From Southern Indiana RR in 1911, became part of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific RR in 1921. |
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Chicago Transit Authority |
From Chicago Rapid Transit Co. in 1947. |
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Chicago Union Station |
From 1874, built present structure 1925.(Amtrak after 1971) |
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Chicago Wheaton and Western RR |
Opened on 21 Sep 1909, absorbed by the CAandE as the St. Charles branch in 1910. |
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Chihuahua Pacific |
From FCKCMO in 1955, finally completed in 1961 and absorbed by NdM in 1987.(FC Chihuahua al Pacifico) |
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Choctaw and Memphis RR |
Opened in 1899, became part of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf RR in 1900. |
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Choctaw Coal and Ry. |
Opened in 1890, became part of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf RR in 1894. |
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Choctaw Northern RR |
Opened in 1901, became part of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf RR in 1902. |
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Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf RR |
Opened in 1894, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Ry. in 1904. |
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Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Co. |
From Ohio Electric Ry. in 1918, became the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton (Elec.) RR in 1926. |
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Cincinnati and Lake Erie RR |
From Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton (Elec.) RR in 1930, interurban discontinued 13 May 1939, completely abandoned by 1941. |
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Cincinnati Bluffton and Chicago RR |
From 1904, abandoned in 1917. |
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Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth and#43; Felicity and Bethel RRs |
From Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth RR (ng steam frm 1881) in 1902, became the Cincinnati Georgetown RR in 1928. |
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Cincinnati Georgetown RR |
From Cincinnati Georgetown RR in 1928, abandoned in 1936.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;31-Oct-35 |
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Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR (Elec.) |
From Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Co. in 1926, became the Cincinnati and Lake Erie RR in 1930. |
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Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton RR/Ry. (steam) |
Opened in 1848, became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1917. |
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Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western RR |
Acquired as the CIandW RY by the CHandD out of the Indiana Decatur and Western RR in 1902, and reorganized as the CIandW RR following their bankruptcy in 1915. Became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1927.(CHandD 1902-1915) |
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Cincinnati Indianapolis St. Louis and Chicago RR |
From the Indianapolis Cincinnati and Lafayette in 1880, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1889.(Kankakee Line) |
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Cincinnati Jackson and Mackinaw RR |
Opened in 1886, split into the Cin. No.and#43; Det. Tol. and Milw. RRs in 1898. |
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Cincinnati Lawrenceburg and Aurora Electric Street RR |
Opened in 1900, abandoned in 1930. |
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Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern RR |
From Cincinnati Northern Ry.(NG) in 1885, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1921.(PaCo after 1896) |
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Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific RR (see Queen and Crescent) |
Formed to lease the Cincinnati Southern Ry. on October 12, 1881, leased by the Southern Ry. and successors after 1917. |
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Cincinnati Newport and Covington Ry. |
Opened in 1892, converted to bus in 1950. |
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Cincinnati Northern RR |
Released from Cincinnati Jackson and Mackinaw RR lease in 1898, became part of the New York Central RR in 1930.(Big4 after 1901) |
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Cincinnati Northern Traction Co. |
From Cincinnati Dayton and Toledo Traction Co. in 1905, became part of the Ohio Electric Ry. in 1907. |
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Cincinnati Portsmouth and Virginia RR |
Opened in 1891, became part of the Norfolk and Western Ry. in 1901. |
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Cincinnati Richmond and Muncie RR |
Opened in 1901, became the Chicago Cincinnati and Louisville RR in 1903. |
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Cincinnati Sandusky and Cleveland RR (IBandW 1881-87) |
Opened in 1868, leased by the Indiana Bloomington and Western 1881-1887, then Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1890. |
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Cincinnati Southern Ry. (Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific RR 1881-) |
Opened in 1877, leased by the Cincinnati New Orleans and Texas Pacific RR(see Queen and Crescent) in 1881. |
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Cincinnati Street Ry. |
From horse cars in 1859, became the Cincinnati Transit Commission (bus only) in 1952. |
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Cincinnati Union Depot |
Opened 1933, rail use interrupted 1972-1991. Superseded by Amtrak, 1971. |
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Cincinnati Wabash and Michigan Ry. |
Opened in 1874, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1892. |
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Cincinnati Washington and Baltimore RR |
From Marietta and Cincinnati RR in 1883, became the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern RR in 1889. |
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Citizens Electric St. Ry. (MA) |
From the Newburyport and Amesbury StR in 1899, mergeed into Northeastern Mass. StR in 1913. |
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City of Prineville RR |
Opened in 1918, operating in2003 .Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1939 |
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Claremont Ry. |
Opened in 1903, became part of the Concord and Claremont RR in 1954. |
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Cleveland Akron and Columbus RR (1) |
From Cleveland Mt. Vernon and Delaware RR in Dec., 1881, quickly went bankrupt and reverted to former name and receivers in April,1882. |
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Cleveland Akron and Columbus RR (2) |
From Cleveland Mt. Vernon and Delaware 1886, became part of the Pennsylvania Co. 1911.(PaCo after 1899) |
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Cleveland Alliance and Mahoning Valley RR |
Opened in 1913, became part of the Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. in 1924. |
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Cleveland and Canton RR (NG to 1888) |
From Connotton Valley RR in 1885, conv. to standard guage in88 and became part of the Cleveland Canton and Southern RR in 1892. |
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Cleveland and Chagrin Falls RR |
From Cleveland Youngstown and Eastern RR in 1915, abandoned in 1925. |
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Cleveland and Eastern RR |
From Eastern Ohio Traction Co. in 1910, abandoned in 1925. |
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Cleveland and Erie RR |
From Conneaut and Erie Traction Co. in 1909, abandoned in 1922. |
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Cleveland and Marietta RR |
Reorg of the Marietta Pittsburgh and Cleveland RR on 24 April 1880, merged into the Toledo Columbus and Ohio River (PaCo.) In 1911.(WandLE 1882-6, PaCo after Oct 1893) |
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Cleveland and Pittsburgh RR |
Opened in 1850, taken over under many names as a division of the Pennsylvania Co. in 1890.(PaCo after 1873) |
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Cleveland and South-Western Traction Co. |
Consolidated in 1903, became the Cleveland Southwestern Columbus Ry. in 1907. |
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Cleveland Canton and Southern RR |
Opened in 1892, became part of the Wheeling and Lake Erie RR in 1899. |
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Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. |
Opened in 1889, became part of the New York Central RR in 1930.(Big Four) |
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Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Ry. |
Opened in 1868, became part of the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Ry. in 1889. |
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Cleveland Interurban RR |
Opened in 1913, became the Shaker Heights Rapid Transit in 1944. |
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Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Ry. |
From Cle. Tuscarawas and Wheeling Ry. 1883, became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1909. |
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Cleveland Mt. Vernon and Delaware RR |
From Pittsb. Mt. Vernon Columbus and New London RR 1869, became the Cleveland Akron and Columbus RR briefly in 1881 and againin 1886. |
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Cleveland Official Interurban Ry. Guide |
Published from about 1909 to 1917. |
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Cleveland Painesville and Ashtabula RR (see CPandEand#43;CPandA) |
Opened in 1904, abandoned in 1926. |
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Cleveland Painesville and Eastern and#43; Cleveland Painesville and Ashtabula RRs |
Opened in 1896, abandoned in 1926.(separate 1903-6) |
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Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Ry. |
From Cleveland and South-Western Traction Co. 1907, became the Cleveland Southwestern Railway and Light Co. in 1924. |
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Cleveland Southwestern Railway and Light Co. |
From Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus RR in 1924, abandoned in 1931. |
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Cleveland Terminal and Valley RR |
From Valley Ry. in 1895, became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1909.(BandO) |
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Clinchfield RR |
From Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Ry. in 1924, became part of the Seaboard Coast Line RR in 1983.(ACL/LandN) |
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Clinton Davenport and Muscatine Ry. |
A merger of commonly owned Iowa and Illinois and Davenport and Muscatine Rys. in 1916, abandoned in 1940. |
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Clinton St. Ry. (Iowa) |
Opened 1903, converted to bus in 1937. |
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Coahuila y Zacatecas RR |
From 1897, merged into NdM in 1972.(NG) |
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Coal and Coke Ry. |
Opened in 1903, became part of the Baltimore and Ohio RR in 1918. |
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Coeur dAlene and Spokane Ry. |
Opened Jan 1904, consolidated into Spokane and Inland Empire on Jan 1, 1906. |
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Cohoes City Ry. |
From 1894, taken over by United Traction in 1904. |
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Colorado and Northwestern Ry. |
Opened in 1898, became the Denver Boulder and Western RR in 1909. |
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Colorado and Southern Ry. |
From Union Pacific Denver and Gulf RR in 1898, became part of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy RR in 1981.(CBQ after 1909) |
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Colorado Midland RR |
Reorganized From the CM Ry. on 31 May 1917, abandoned after stopping trains on 5 Aug 1918. |
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Colorado Midland Ry. |
Opened in 1887, reorganized as the Colo. Mid. RR on 31 May 1917.(ATSF 1892-7) |
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Colorado Southern New Orleans and Pacific Ry. |
From1908, became the New Orleans Texas and Mexico RR 1910.(SLSF) |
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Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Ry. |
Acquired the Cripple Creek District Ry. before its own completion in 1900, leased to the Florence and Cripple Creek RR in 1911. |
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Colorado Wyoming and Eastern Ry. |
From Laramie Hahns Peak and Pacific Ry. in 1914, became the Laramie North Park and Western RR in 1924. |
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Columbia and Puget Sound RR |
From Seattle and Walla Walla in 1880, became Pacific Coast RR in 1916.(Pacific Coast Co. to 1916) |
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Columbia Newberry and Laurens RR |
From 1892, to Seaboard System in 1984. |
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Columbia Southern RR |
From 1898, became part of the Oregon RR and Nav. Co. in1906. |
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Columbus and Cincinnati Midland RR |
From 1882, part of the BandO in 1890. |
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Columbus and Greenville Ry. |
From Southern Ry. Co. inMississippi in 1920, leased by the Illinois Central Gulf RR in 1972. |
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Columbus and Lake Michigan Ry. |
Steam line built as Col. Lima and Milwaukee, opened for psgrs. 10 Apr1905, became Steam Div. of Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction 6 Feb 1906.(ICandET after 1906) |
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Columbus Chicago and Central Indiana RR |
From Columbus and Indiana Central, and Chicago and Great Eastern in 1869, became the Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburgh RR in 1883.(PCandStL after 1875) |
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Columbus Delaware and Marion Electric Co. |
Opened in 1917, abandoned in 1933. |
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Columbus Grove City and Southwestern Ry. (see Appleyard System) |
Opened in 1901, became part of the Indiana Columbus and Eastern RR in 1906. |
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Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Ry. |
Opened in 1881, became the Hocking Valley Ry. in 1899. |
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Columbus London and Springfield Ry. (see Appleyard System) |
Opened in 1901, became part of the Indiana Columbus and Eastern RR in 1906. |
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Columbus Magnetic Springs and Northern Ry. |
Opened in 1906, abandoned in 1919. |
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Columbus Marion and Bucyrus RR |
Opened in 1908, became part of the Columbus Delaware and Marion Electric Co. in 1931. |
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Columbus Newark and Zanesville Ry. |
Opened in 1904, became the Southern Ohio Public Service Co. in 1925.(OE 1907-21) |
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Columbus Sandusky and Hocking Ry./RR |
From SandCSL and#43; CShawneeandH on 23 Dec 1893, reorg as RR in 1895. Resplit in 1902. The SandCSL line, which later linked the NandW-NKP merger, became part of the Pennsylvania Lines. The CShandH became the Zanesville and Western. |
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Columbus Shawnee and Hocking Ry. |
Consolidated and completed in 1890. Merged with the Columbus Sandusky and Hocking RR on 23 Dec 1893. |
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Concord and Claremont RR (see Northern RR) |
From consolidation in 1873, covered by BandL lease of Northern RR in 1890.(Northern RR) |
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Concord and Montreal RR |
Consol. of Concord and#43; Bost. Conc. Mont. and Wh. Mts. RRs on 19 Sep 1889, leased by the Boston and Maine RR on 1 Apr 1895. |
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Concord (NH) Street Ry. |
From 1890, converted to bus in 1933.(BandM after 1901) |
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Concord RR |
Opened in 1842, became the Concord and Montreal RR in 1889.(BandLandC RRs 1881-1883) |
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Condon Kinzua and Southern RR |
Opened in 1908, abandoned in 1976. |
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Conestoga Traction Co. (Lancaster, PA) |
Frm Pennsylvania Traction Co. in 1899, became the Conestoga Transportation Co. in 1931. |
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Conestoga Transportation Co. |
From Conestoga Traction Co. in 1931, completed conversion to bus in 1947. |
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Conneaut and Erie Traction Co. |
Opened in 1903, became the Cleveland and Erie Ry. in 1909. |
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Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers RR (dba Passumpsic RR) |
Opened in 1850, leased by the Boston and Lowell RR on 1 Jan 1887. |
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Connecticut Company |
From Consolidated Ry. (NH), became Connecticut Transit (public) in 1976.(NH 1907-1914, 1925-1964) |
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Connecticut River Line |
DBA line controlled by BandM after 1877 and owned outright in 1893. (BandM Form 74) (dba of Conn. River and Vermont Valley RRs line, BandM after 1893) |
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Connecticut River RR |
Opened in 1845, leased to the BandM as the Connecticut River Line on 1 Jan 1893.(BandM after 1893) |
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Connecticut Ry. and Lighting Co. |
From Ct. Lighting and Power Co. in 1901, disbanded in 1972.Cons. Ry. and Conn. Co. 1906-1936) |
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Connecticut Valley Electric Transit Route |
Ad coop of electric lines between Hartford and Greenfield. |
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Connecticut Valley RR |
Opened in 1871, became the Hartford and Connecticut Valley RR in 1880. |
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Connecticut Valley St. Ry. |
The Connecticut Valley Street Railway was chartered in 1900.Streetcar service was abandoned in 1924. |
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Connecticut Western RR |
Opened in 1871, became the Hartford and Connecticut Western RR in 1880. |
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Conrail (Consolidated Railroad Corp.) |
From a consolidation of Penn Central, CRRNJ, EL, LandHR, LandNE, LV, RDG and related cos. In 1976, divided between CSX and#43; Norfolk Southern in 1998 but continued as a subcontractor for both in certain areas. |
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Consolidados de Cuba |
Consolidation of Cuba RR and smaller lines in 1924, became nationalized into the FN Cuba in 1956.(FC) |
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Consolidated Ry. |
Holding Co. set up by NH RR to control CT electric lines.(NH) |
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Cooperative Transit Co. |
From Wheeling Traction, converted to bus in 1948.(Wheeling) |
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Copper Range RR |
Opened in 1900, abandoned in 1972. |
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Copper River and Northwestern RR |
Opened in 1912, abandoned about in 1925. |
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Corning Cowanesque and Antrim Ry. (see Fall Brook) |
From a consolidation of short lines in 1873, dba the Fall Brook Ry. after 1 Jul 1892.(dba Fall Brook Coal Cos Rys.) |
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Cornwall and Lebanon RR |
Opened in 1883, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1917.(PRR after 1913) |
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Cornwall RR |
Opened in 1869, became part of the Reading Co. in 1964. |
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Coronado RR and#43; San Diego and Coronado Ferry Co. |
Opened in 1888, became part of the National City and Otay RR in 1906. |
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Corvallis and Eastern RR |
From Oregon Central and Eastern RR in 1898, became part of the Southern Pacific Lines in 1915.(SP after 1911) |
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Cotton Belt (see St. Louis Southwestern) |
see St. Louis Southwestern Ry. |
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Coudersport and Port Allegany RR |
Opened in 1882, abandoned in 1973. |
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Cowlitz Chehalis and Cascade Ry. |
Opened in 1916, abandoned in 1955. |
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CP Rail |
From Canadian Pacific Ry. in 1968, psgr. ops. assumed by VIA Rail Canada in 1978. |
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Credit Valley Ry. |
From 1871, leased by Ontario and Quebec Ry. and subsequently CP in 1883. |
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Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs Ry. |
Reorganization of the Golden Circle as it emerged from the reorg. of the Cripple Creek Central in 1915, became part of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Ry. in 1919. |
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Cripple Creek District Ry. dba Cripple Creek Short Line |
Reorganization of the Denver and Southwestern Ry. in Sep 1904, |
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Crystal River and San Juan RR |
From 1906. Had trackage over the Crystal River RR (1910-1917) which it acq. in 1922, abandoned 1941. |
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Crystal River RR |
From Aspen and Western (ng) RR in 1892, but did not operate until converted to standard guage in 1896, reorg ry to rr in 1898. Operation ceased 7 Dec 1919. Leased to Crystal River and San Juan RR which resumed operations in 1922. |
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CSX Corp. |
From Chessie and#43; NS in 1980, . |
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Cuba RR |
Opened in 1902, merged into Consolidated RR in 1924. |
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Cumberland and Pennsylvania RR |
Opened in 1854, became part of the Western Maryland RR in 1953. |
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Cumberland County Power and Light Co. |
From Portland RR in 1912, converted to bus by 1941. |
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Cumberland Railway and Coal Co. |
From Springhill and Parrsboro RR in 1895, abandoned in 1962. |
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Cumberland Ry. (Penna.) |
From Carlisle and Mt. Holly Ry. @ 1910, reverted to former name @ 1922 |
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Cumberland Valley RR |
Opened in 1837, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1919. |
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Current River RR |
Opened in 1888, became part of the Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis RR in 1902. |
