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Raleigh and Augusta Air Line |
Opened in 1871, became part of the Seaboard Air Line Ry. in 1900.(RandG) |
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Raleigh and Gaston RR |
Opened in 1838 , became part of the Seaboard Air Line Ry. in 1900.(SandR) |
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Raleigh Charlotte and Southern Ry. |
1911 consolidation of four short lines under NS control to complete a line to Charlotte, absorbed by the NS on 1 Jan 1914.(NS) |
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Randolph System (see West Coast Route) |
Opened in 1838, became part of the Seaboard Air Line Ry. in 1900. |
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Rapid City Black Hills and Western RR |
Opened in 1909, abandoned in 1948. |
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Rapid Railway System/Co. |
From 1895, became the Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Ry for six mos. before merging into the Detroit United Lines in Dec 1900.(dba of Detroit and Port Huron Shore Line Ry. Jul-Dec 1900) |
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Raquette Lake Ry. |
From 1900 to 30 Sep 1933.(NYCandHR;NYC) |
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Raritan River RR |
Opened in 1889, became part of the Conrail in 1980. |
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Reader RR |
From 1925, discontinued common carrier service in 1974, but revived as a tourist line until 1991. |
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Reading Co. |
From Philadelphia and Reading Ry. in 1924, became part of the Conrail in 1976. |
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Reading Transit Co. |
From United Traction of Reading in 1910, became Reading Street Ry. in 1929. |
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Red Arrow Lines (see Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Co.) |
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Regina Municipal Ry. |
From 1911, converted to bus on 5 Sep 1950. |
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Regional Transportation Authority (Chicago) |
Established in 1974 to operate Chicago commuter lines, reorganized as Metra (Northeast Ill. Regional Commuter RR) in 1984. |
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Reid Newfoundland Co. |
From Newfoundland Ry. Sys. in 1902, became the Newfoundland Ry. in 1923. |
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Rensselaer and Saratoga RR |
Opened in 1835, became part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. in 1891.(DandHC after 1871) |
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Rhode Island Co. |
From Union (RI) and#43; Pawtucket St. RRs in 1902, ?. |
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Richmond and Alleghany RR |
Opened in 1881, became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. in 1890.(CandO after 1888) |
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Richmond and Danville RR |
Opened in 1856, reorg. as the Southern Ry. 18 Jun 1894. |
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Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac RR |
Opened in 1836, always controlled by connecting carriers, absorbed by CSX in 1991.(PRR,BandO,SCL) |
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Richmond Street and Interurban RR |
Opened in 1903, became part of the Terre Haute indianapolis and Eastern RR in 1907. |
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Richmond York River and Chesapeake RR |
From Richmond and York River RR in 1872, became part of the Richmond and Danville RR in 1881. |
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Rio Grande (see Denver and Rio Grande RR) |
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Rio Grande Western Ry. |
From Denver and Rio Grande Western Ry. (NG) in 1889, became part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR in 1901. |
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Roberval-Saguenay RR |
From Ha!Ha! Bay Ry. in 1912, . |
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Roby and Northern RR |
From Roby and Northern RR (Steam) in 1923, abandoned in 1941. |
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Rochester and Eastern Rapid Ry. |
Opened in 1903, became part of the New York State Rys. in 1912.(NYSRy after 1912) |
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Rochester and Irondequoit RR |
Rochester and Lake Ontario Ry.1893, became part of Rochester and Suburban (elec.)1900. |
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Rochester and Lake Ontario RR |
Opened in 1880, leased by Rochester and Irondequoit RR in 1893. |
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Rochester and Manitou RR |
From reorg of Rochester, Charlotte and Manitou Beach Ry. in 1908, discontinued after the Summer of 1924. |
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Rochester and Pittsburgh RR |
Opened in 1881, became the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Ry. in 1885. |
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Rochester and Sodus Bay Ry. |
Opened in 1900, abandoned beyond Glenhaven, remainder absorbed by city system in 1929.(Roch.Ry, 1902-12, NYSRy 1912-29) |
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Rochester and Syracuse RR |
From Rochester Syracuse and Eastern Ry. in 1917, abandoned in 1931. |
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Rochester [City of] Rapid Transit and Industrial Ry. |
Subway constructed in 1927, taken over by newly formed Rochester Transit Corp. in late 1938.(NY State Rys.)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1956 |
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Rochester Lockport and Buffalo RR |
From Buffalo Lockport and Rochester RR in 1919, abandoned in 1931. |
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Rochester Ry. (Sodus Bay Division) |
From leased consolidation of RandSB in 1902, became part of the New York State Rys. in 1912. |
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Rochester Syracuse and Eastern RR |
Opened in 1906 became Roch. and Syr. in 1917.(Empire United Lines 1913-5)(see also NYSERG) |
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Rochester Transit Corp. |
Took over Rochester Rapid Transit and Industrial Ry.in 1938, discontinued 30 Jun 1956.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1956 |
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Rock Island and Peoria Ry. |
From Peoria and Rock Island RR in 1877, became part of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific RR in 1903. |
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Rock Island Southern RR |
Opened in 1906, abandoned in 1952.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1926 |
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Rockaway Valley Ry. |
From 1889, became New Jersey and Pennsylvania in 1904. |
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Rockford and Freeport Electric Ry. |
From 1904, and purchased by the Rockford and Interurban RR the same year. |
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Rockford and Interurban RR |
From consol. of Rockford lines in 1901, split back into the pre-consol. units in 1927. |
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Rockford Beloit and Janesville RR |
From 1902, purchased by the Rockford and Interurban RR in 1906. |
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Rockland Thomaston and Camden Street Ry. |
From a consolidation in 1892, abandoned in 1931. |
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Rocky Mountain and Santa Fe RR |
From St. Louis Rocky Mountain and Pacific RR in 1915, became the Atcheson Topeka and Santa Fe in 1915. |
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Rogue River Valley Ry. |
Opened in 1891, became the Southern Oregon Traction Co. (abd. 1919) in 1915. |
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Rome and Northern RR |
Opened in 1910, abandoned in 1924. |
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Rome Watertown and Ogdensburg RR |
Opened in 1861, became part of the New York Central and Hudson River RR in 1895.(NYCandHR after 1892) |
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Rumford Falls and Buckfield RR |
From Portland and Oxford Central RR in 1878, became part of the Portland and Rumford Falls RR in 1890. |
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Rumford Falls and Rangeley Lakes RR (see Portland and Rumford Falls RR) |
Opened in 1895, leased by the Portland and Rumford Falls Ry. in 1899. |
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Rutland |
Opened in 1867, became part of the Vermont Central RR in 1871.(1867) RR |
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Rutland and Burlington RR |
Opened in 1849, became part of the Rutland RR in 1867. |
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Rutland RR |
From Central Vermont Ry. in 1896, reorganized as Rutland Ry. inOctober, 1950.(NYCandHR 1905-11)Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1953 |
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Rutland Ry. |
From Rutland RR in October, 1950, split into various short lines in 1964.Psgr. Svc. endedandnbsp;1953 |
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Rutland Ry. Light and Power Co. |
From Rutland St. Ry. in 1906, service ended on 26 Jul 1924. |
