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Nacionales de Mexico (FC) (see Natl Rys. of Mexico) |
Government consolidation in 1909, privatized into Ferromex (freight only) in 1997. |
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Nantasket Beach RR |
Opened in 1880, became part of the Old Colony RR in 1888. |
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Nantucket Central RR |
From Nantucket RR from 1895 to 1910. |
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Nantucket RR |
Opened in 1881, abandoned in 1918.(NC 1895-1910) |
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Napierville Junction Ry. |
From Napierville Jct. and Quarry Co. in 1888, absorbed by DandH in 1970.(DandH after 1907) |
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Narragansett Pier RR |
Opened in 1876, operation suspended in 1981.(Rhode Island Co. @1916)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1952 |
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Nashua Acton and Boston RR |
Opened in Jul 1873, leased to the Concord RR 1 Jan 1876. |
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Nashua and Lowell RR |
Consolidated in 1838, leased by the BandL from 1858 to 1878 and after 1880. (BandL 1858-1878) |
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Nashua and Lowell RR |
Opened in 1834, leased by the Boston and Lowell RR in Oct 1880.(joint under BandL 1857-1878, dba Boston Lowell and Nashua RR) |
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Nashua and Rochester RR |
Opened Nov 1874 under Worcester and Nashua and consol. into Worcester Nashua and Rochester on 1 Dec 1883.(Worcester and Nashua RR) |
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Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Ry. |
Opened in 1873, became part of the Louisville and Nashville RR in 1957. |
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Nashville-Franklin Ry. |
From Nashville Interurban Ry. in 1933, abandoned in 1943. |
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Nashville Interurban Ry. |
Opened in 1909, became the Nashville-Franklin Ry. in 1933. |
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Natchez and Western RR |
from Natchez, Red River and Texas RR, absorbed by the SLandIM in 1909(SLIMandS from 1905) |
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National City and Otay Ry. |
From 1887, part of San Diego Southern in 1908. |
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National Railways of Mexico |
Government consolidation in 1909, privatized into Ferromex (freight only) in 1997. |
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National RR Co. of Mexico (Laredo Route) |
From Mexican National RR in 1902, became the Natl Rys.of Mexico in 1909. |
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National Trancontinental RR (see Trancontinental Line) |
Opened in 1913, when the GTP failed to take it over, it was turned over to Canadian Government Rys. on 1 May 1915. |
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Naugatuck RR |
Opened in 1849, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1887. |
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Nevada Copper Belt RR |
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1947. |
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Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR |
Opened in 1876, abandoned in 1942. |
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Nevada Northern RR |
Opened in 1906, became the suspended, then abandoned in 1983.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1941 |
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New Bedford and Onset Street Ry. |
Opened in 1901, abandoned in the 1920s. |
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New Brunswick and Canada RR |
Completed in 1861, leased by the New Brunswick Ry. in 1882. |
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New Brunswick Ry. |
Opened in 1878, leased and operated by the Canadian Pacific Ry. in 1890. |
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New England Lines |
Brief joint timetable partnership circa 1913.(NH/BandM/MC) |
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New England RR |
From New York and New England RR in 1896, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1898. |
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New Hampshire Electric Rys. |
From New Hampshire Traction Co.(1901) in 1905, converted to bus by 1925. |
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New Haven and Derby RR |
Opened in 1871, became part of the Housatonic RR in 1889. |
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New Haven and Northampton Co.s Canal RR |
Built by the Canal Co. in 1847, used the New Haven and Northampton RR dba after leases expired in 1869.(NYandNH 1849-69) |
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New Haven and Northampton RR |
DBA of the New Haven and Northampton Co. after 1869, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1887. |
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New Haven and Shore Line Ry. |
From Shore Line Electric Ry. in 1924, converted to bus in 1929. |
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New Haven New London and Stonington (Shore Line) RR |
Opened in 1857, leased by the New York and New Haven RR in 1870. |
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New Jersey and Hudson River Ry. and Ferry Co. |
From Bergen Co. Traction Co. in 1900, became part of the Public Service Ry. in 1911. |
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New Jersey and New York RR |
From Hackensack and New York RR in 1874, became part of the Erie-Lackawanna Ry in 1960.(Erie after 1895) |
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New Jersey and Pennsylvania RR |
From Rockaway Valley Ry. in 1904, became Pennsylvania and New Jersey RR in 1915. |
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New Jersey and Pennsylvania Traction Co. |
Consolidation in 1901, became Trenton-Princeton Traction Co. in 1922. |
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New Jersey Midland Ry. |
Opened in 1872 controlled by the NYandOM until it went bankrupt in 1873; became the NY Susq. and West. RR in 1881.(NYandOM 1872-3) |
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New Jersey RR |
Opened in 1832, became the pooled into New York and Philadelphia RR Line (United Rys. Of New Jersey) in 1867. |
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New Jersey Southern RR |
Opened in 1869, leased by CNJ in 1879 and absorbed by 1885. (CNJ after 1883) |
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New London and East Lyme St. Ry. |
Opened in 1905, leased by Shore Line Electric Ry. in 1913. |
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New London Northern RR |
Opened in 1859, leased by the Central Vermont RR 1891-6 and absorbed in 1899.(VC, CV after 1871) |
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New Mexico Central Ry. |
From Santa Fe Central Ry., became part of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. in 1926. |
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New Mexico Ry. and Coal Co. (see El Paso and Northeastern System) |
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New Orleans and Gulf RR |
From Shell Beach RR in 1888, became the New Orleans and Southern RR in 1891. |
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New Orleans and Lower Coast RR |
Opened in 1916, became the leased by the Missouri Pacific Lines in 1926. |
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New Orleans and North Eastern RR (see Queen and Crescent) |
Opened 1882, dba QandC,(Owned by the ANOTandPJct Rys. DBA Queen and Crescent Route 1882-1917, SOU after 1917) |
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New Orleans and Southern RR |
From New Orleans and Southern RR in 1891, became the Louisiana Southern RR in 1897. |
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New Orleans and Western Ry. |
Opened in 1912, became the West New Orleans Light and Traction Co. in 1917. |
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New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Isle RR |
Opened in 1916, became the New Orleans and Lower Coast RR in 1916. |
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New Orleans Great Northern RR |
Opened in 1906, became part of the Gulf Mobile and Northern RR in 1933. |
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New Orleans Jackson and Great Northern RR |
Opened in 1853, became part of the New Orleans St. Louis and Chicago RR in 1874. |
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New Orleans Mobile and Chicago RR |
A reorg. of the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City RR in 1910, became the Gulf Mobile and Northern RR in 1916.(brief control during bankruptcy by SLSF/LandN jointly in 1911) |
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New Orleans Mobile and Texas RR |
Opened in 1871, became the New Orleans and Mobile RR in 1835. |
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New Orleans Southern and Grand Isle Ry. |
Opened in 1911, became the New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Isle RR in 1916. |
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New Orleans Spanish Fort and Lake RR |
From Canal St. City Park and Lake RR in 1879, purchased by the East Louisiana Ry. 15 Nov 1895, sold to NO and Western 1 Jul 1897, abandoned July 12, 1903.(East Louisiana 1895-97, NO and West. 1897-1901, NO Belt and Term 1901-03) |
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New Orleans St. Louis and Chicago RR (dba for predecessors under receivers) |
Name applied to the receivership of the NOJandGN and#43; MC in 1874, became the Chicago St. Louis and New Orleans RR in 1877. |
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New Orleans Texas and Mexico RR (see Frisco Coast Lines, Gulf Coast Lines) |
From Colo. Sou. N.O. and Pacific RR 1910, became part of the Missouri Pacific Lines in 1956.(SLSF 1910-15, MP after 1924) |
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New Paltz and Poughkeepsie Traction Co. |
From New Paltz and Wallkill Valley RR on 1 Jan 1900, became the New Paltz Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Co. in 1903. |
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New Paltz and Wallkill Valley RR |
Opened in 1897, became the New Paltz and Poughkeepsie Traction Co. on 1 Jan 1900. |
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New Paltz Highland and Poughkeepsie Traction Co. |
From the New Paltz and Poughkeepsie Traction Co. in 1903, abandoned in 1925. |
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New York and Boston RR |
Opened in 1858, became the Boston Hartford and Erie RR in 1866. |
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New York and Canada RR |
From Plattsburgh and Whaitehalll RR in 1873, acquired by the DandHCC in 1891.(DandHCC Champlain Div.) |
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New York and Greenwood Lake RR |
From Montclair and Greenwood Lake RR in 1878, became part of the Erie RR in 1896.(NYLEandW/Erie) |
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New York and Harlem RR |
Opened in 1832, leased by the NYCandHR in 1873.(NYCandHR after 1873) |
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New York and Long Branch RR |
From consolidation I 1881, then op. under contract by CNJ/PRR until lease inin 1888, became part of the Conrail in 1976.(CNJ/PRR after 1888) |
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New York and Manhattan Beach Ry. |
Opened in 1877, became part of the Long Island Rail Road in 1885. |
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New York and Massachusetts Ry. |
Opened in 1887, became the Poughkeepsie and Eastern RR in 1893. |
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New York and New England RR |
From Boston Hartford and Erie RR in 1873, became the New England RR in 1896. |
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New York and New Haven RR |
Opened in 1848, became the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1872. |
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New York and New Orleans Short Line RR |
NY-NO through route over NandW and SOU. |
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New York and Northern Ry. |
From New York City and Northern RR in 1887, became part of the New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1894. |
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New York and Oswego Midland RR |
Opened in 1869, became the New York Ontario and Western RR in 1880.New Jersey Midland Ry. (1873-75) |
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New York and Ottawa and#43; Ottawa and New York RRs |
Opened in 1897, leased by the New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1905. |
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New York and Pennsylvania Ry. |
From Olean Oswayo and Eastern RR in 1896, abandoned in 1936. |
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New York and Philadelphia New Line Ry. (Delaware and Bound Brook RR.) |
Built to connect the No.Pa. with the CNJ in 1876, became part of the Phila. and Reading RR in 1879. |
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New York and Philadelphia RR Line (United Rys. Of New Jersey) |
From New Jersey RR and Camden and Amboy in 1867, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in Dec 1871. |
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New York and Rockaway Beach RR |
From New York Woodhaven and Rockaway Beach RR in 1887, became part of Long Island RR in 1901 |
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New York and Sea Beach RR |
Opened in 1879, became the Sea Beach RR in 1890 (electric by 1892). |
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New York and Stamford Ry. |
From street car consolidation in 1901, converted to bus operation in 1927.(NH from 1905) |
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New York Auburn and Lansing RR (Ithaca-Auburn Short Line) |
Opened in 1906, became the Central New York Southern RR in 1914. |
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New York Boston and Montreal Ry. |
From consol. of Harlem Ext, DandC in 1873, broken into the Harlem Ext.So.Coal, Newbergh Dutchess and Ct. in 1876.(CV1873-6) |
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New York Central (1853) RR |
From merger in 1853, merged into the New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1869. |
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New York Central and Hudson River RR |
Opened in 1869, became the New York Central RR in 1914. |
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New York Central Lines West (see NYCandHR) |
From LSandMS, Big4,MC, etc. lines in 1914 when NYC created, form lasted to 1918. |
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New York Central RR |
From New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1914, merged into the Penn Central RR in 1968. |
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New York Chicago and St. Louis RR (DBA Nickel Plate Road) |
Opened in 1882, became part of the Norfolk and Western Ry. in 1964.(NYCHR 1883-1916) |
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New York City and Northern RR |
Opened in 1879, became the New York and Northern Ry. in 1887. |
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New York City Board of Transportation |
Created to run the IND subway in 1932, took over the IRT and BMT in 1940, reconstituted as the NYCTA in 1953. |
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New York City Transit Authority |
Reconstitution of the NYC Board of Transportation, renamed the Metropolitan Transit Authority in 1990. |
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New York Housatonic and Northern RR |
From 1868, became part of Housatonic in 1876. |
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New York Lake Erie and Western RR |
From Erie Ry. in 1878, became the Erie RR in 1895. |
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New York New Haven and Hartford RR |
From New York and New Haven RR in 1872, became part of the Penn Central RR in 1968. |
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New York Ontario and Western Ry. |
From New York and Oswego Midland Ry. in 1880, abandoned in 1957. |
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New York Pennsylvania and Ohio RR |
From Atlantic and Great Western RR in 1880, fully absorbed by the New York Lake Erie and Western RR by 1887.(Chicago and Atlantic or NYLEandW variously) |
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New York Philadelphia and Norfolk RR |
From Peninsula RR of Va. in 1882, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1920.(PRR after 1904) |
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New York Providence and Boston RR |
Opened in 1837, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1893. |
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New York Rutland and Montreal RR |
From Lebanon Springs Ry. in 1885, reorg. failed, it reverted to the Leb. Sprs. RR in 1889. |
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New York State Electric Ry. Guide (Official, issued by FJandG) |
From all NYS Electric Rys. Only issue year seen. |
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New York State Rys. |
From RandSB, RandER, Oneida, UandMV in 1912, abandoned by 1930.(NYCHR) |
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New York Susquehanna and Western RR |
From New Jersey Midland Ry. in 1881, .(ERIE 1898-1952) |
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New York West Shore and Buffalo RR |
Opened in 1882, became the West Shore RR in 1885. |
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New York Westchester and Boston RR |
Opened 1912, abandoned in 1937.(NYNHH) |
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New York Woodhaven and Rockaway Beach RR |
from 1880, to New York and Rockaway Beach RR in 1887. |
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Newark and Marion Ry. |
From 1906, to Marion Ry. (NY) in 1917.(see Trolley Talk) |
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Newburgh Dutchess and Connecticut RR |
From break up of New York Boston and Montreal RR in 1876, became part of the Central New England RR in 1905. |
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Newell St. Ry. (WVa) |
From 1905, to Newell Bridge and Railway Co. in 1913. |
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Newfoundland Ry. and SS. |
From Reid Newfoundland Co. in 1923, became part of the Canadian National Ry. in 1949. |
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Newfoundland Ry. Sys. |
Opened in 1882, became the Reid Newfoundland Co. in 1902. |
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Newport and Providence Ry. |
Opened in 1904, taken over by Vanderbilt bus interests and converted to bus in 1925. |
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Newport and Shermans Valley RR (NG) |
Constructed with equip. From the Diamond Valley 1892, became part of the Susquehanna River and W. RR in 1920. |
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Newport and Wickford RR and Steamboat Co. |
Opened in 1873, became part of the New York New Haven and Hartford RR in 1909. |
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Newport News and Mississippi Valley Co. (East. Dist.) |
From Elizabethtown Lexington and Big Sandy RR in 1886, became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio RR in 1891. |
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Newport News and Mississippi Valley Co. (West. Dist.) |
From Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern RR in 1886, became the Chesapeake Ohio and Southwestern RR in 1893. |
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Newtown Electric Street RR |
From 1897 to 1923. |
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Nez Pierce and Idaho RR |
From 1910, to Nezperce RR in 1946 (abandoned 1984).(Lewiston Nez Perce and Eastern 1915-7) |
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Niagara Belt Line |
From (Tourist line run by Intl Ry. and Niagara Gorge Ry.) in 1901, became the suspended in 1932. |
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Niagara Falls and Lewiston RR |
Opened in 1894, became the Niagara Gorge Ry. in 1899. |
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Niagara Falls Park and River Ry |
Opened in 1893, leased by the international Ry. in 1901. |
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Niagara Gorge RR |
From Niagara Falls and Lewiston RR in 1899, abandoned in 1935. |
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Niagara St. Catharines and Toronto Ry. |
Opened in 1900. Dieselized in 1960 and absorbed by CN in 1961.(CNER after 1917)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1959 |
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Nickel Plate Road (See NYCandStL) |
DBA OF New York Chicago and St. Louis RR |
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Norfolk Albemarle and Atlantic RR |
From Norfolk and Virginia Beach RR in 1891, became the Norfolk Virginia Beach and Southern RR in 1896. |
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Norfolk and Southern RR |
Opened in 1891, became the Norfolk Southern RR/Ry. in 1910. |
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Norfolk and Virginia Beach RR |
From 1883 (NG), became the Norfolk Albemarle and Atlantic RR in 191. |
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Norfolk and Western Ry. (RR before 1896) |
From Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio RR in 1881, merged into the Norfolk Southern Corp. in 1982. |
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Norfolk Southern Corp. |
From NandW and#43; SOU in 1982, . |
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Norfolk Southern RR/Ry. |
From Norfolk and Southern RR in 1910, became the Carolina and Northwestern Ry.(SOU) in 1981. |
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Norfolk Virginia Beach and Southern RR |
From Norfolk Albemarle and Atlantic RR in 1896, became part of the Norfolk and Southern RR in 1899. |
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North and South Carolina RR |
Opened in 1909, became part of the Carolina Atlantic and Western Ry. in 1914. |
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North Coast Lines |
From Pacific Northwest Traction Co. in 1930, Opened in 1939. |
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North Coast Power Co. (Vancouver, WA) |
Opened in 1910 and abandoned in 1926. |
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North East Oklahoma RR |
From North East Oklahoma Traction Co. in 1920, acquired by SLSF in 1964 and absorbed in 1967.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1940 |
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North East Oklahoma Traction Co. |
From Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri Inter-Urban Ry. in 1919, electrified and became North East Oklahoma RR in 1920. |
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North-Eastern RR (of SC) |
Opened in 1856, became part of the Atlantic Coast Line of Rys. 1887. |
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North Jersey Rapid Transit |
From 1910, converted to bus and acquired by Pub. Serv. Coord. Transp. in 1929. |
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North Louisiana and Gulf RR |
From lumber road in 1904, became Mid Louisana RR in 1987 |
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North Pacific Coast RR |
Opened in 1875, became the North Shore RR in 1902. |
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North Pennsylvania RR |
From 1855, became part of Phila. and Rdg. in 1879 |
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North Shore RR |
From North Pacific Coast RR in 1902, became part of the Northwestern Pacific RR in 1907. |
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North Shore Ry. (Can.) |
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North Wisconsin RR (see Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Line) |
Opened in 1878, became part of the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha RR in 1880. |
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Northampton and Bath RR |
From 1904 to 1979. |
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Northampton Traction Co. |
From 1903 to N. Transit Co. in 1912 (to 1933). |
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Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter RR (see Metra) |
Reorg. of Regional Transp. Auth. in 1984, dba Metra. |
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Northern Adirondack RR |
From 1883, became Northern New York RR in 1895. |
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Northern Alberta Rys. |
Took over Alberta Govt Rys. in 1929, became part of CN in 1981.(joint CN-CP to 1980, then CN) |
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Northern and Northwestern Rys. |
Merger in 1879 of Northern Ry. and Hamilton and Northewestern Ry., acquired by Grand Trunk in 188. |
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Northern Central Ry. |
Opened in 1854, became part of the Pennsylvania RR in 1874.(PRR after 1874) |
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Northern Electric RR |
Opened in 1906, became the Sacramento Northern Ry. in 1919. |
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Northern Indiana Power Co. |
From Indiana Rys. and Light Co. in 1922, became part of the Indiana RR in 1932. |
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Northern Indiana Ry. |
Opened in 1905, became the Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Ry. in 1907. |
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Northern Indiana Rys. |
From Chicago South Bend and Northern Indiana Ry. in 1930, abandoned in 1940. |
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Northern Massachusetts Street Ry. |
From Gardner Westminster and Fitchburg and#43; Athol and Orange St. Rys. in 1913, converted to bus by 1924. |
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Northern New York RR |
From Northern Adirondack RR in 1895, became the New York and Ottawa Ry. in 1897. |
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Northern Ohio Interurban Co. |
From Northern Ohio Power and Light RR in June, 1930, abandoned 1 Apr 1932. |
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Northern Ohio Power and Light Co. |
NOTandL renamed Northern Ohio Power and Light RR in June, 1926; became Northern Ohio Interurban Ry. in June, 1930 |
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Northern Ohio Power and Light RR |
From Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. in 1926, became the Northern Ohio Interurban RR in 1930. |
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Northern Ohio Ry. |
From Pittsburgh Akron and Western RR in 1895, operated as a div. of LEandW until sold to Akron Canton and Youngstown RR in 1920.(LEandW 1895-1920) |
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Northern Ohio Traction and Light Co. |
From Northern Ohio Traction Co. in 1902, renamed the Northern Ohio Power and Light Co. in 1926. |
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Northern Ohio Traction Co. |
From Akron Bedford and Cleveland RR in 1899, to Northern Ohio Tr. and Light Co. in 1902 |
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Northern Pacific Ry. |
Opened in 1872, merged into the Burlington Northern Ry. in 1970. |
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Northern RR (of New Hampshire) |
Opened in 1847, leased by the Boston and Lowell RR on 1 Jan 1890. |
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Northern RR of New Jersey |
Opened in 1859, fully absorbed by Erie in 1942..(Erie after 1868) |
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Northern Ry. of Canada |
From 1858, merged into Grand Trunk in 1888. |
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Northern Texas Traction Co. |
Opened in 1902, abandoned in 1934. |
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Northland Greyhound Lines (Interurban Div.) (see Kenosha Motor Coach Lines) |
From Kenosha Motor Coach Lines (Interurban Div.) in 1948, became the Milwaukee Rapid Transit and Speedrail Co. in 1949. |
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Northwestern Electric Service Co. of Pa. |
From Northwestern Pennsylvania Ry. in 1922, converted to bus in 1928. |
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Northwestern Ohio Railway and Power Co. |
From Toledo Port Clinton and Lakeside RR in 1912, became the Ohio Public Service Co. in 1924. |
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Northwestern Pacific RR |
From CalandNW and#43; NS and#43; others in 1907. Absorbed by parent in 1992.(SP after 1929) |
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Northwestern Pennsylvania Ry. |
From Erie Traction Co. in 1912, became the Northwestern Electric Service Co.of Pa. in 1922. |
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Norton and Taunton St. Ry. |
Opened in 1897, acquired by Brockton St. Ry. in 1901.(see Taunton St. Ry.) |
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Norwich and Westerly Traction Co. |
From Norwich and Westerly Ry. (1906) in 1909, abandoned in 1922.(Shore Line Electric after 1913) |
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Norwood and St. Lawrence RR |
Opened in 1902, donated to the Ogdensburg BandTA in 1975. |
