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Underground Railroads
A short history of subterranean transport in America by Dan Shafto The interior of a women's car on the early New York subway. Modern systems not only integrate the sexes, but also modes of…Railroad Accidents
While trains are convenient for travel and for transporting goods, they have become a greater danger over the years as their speed has…Two Centuries of Railroading
Source: Association of American Railroads. Web: www.aar.org .1797The steam locomotive is invented in England. 1823The first public railway in the world opens in England.1827The first railroad in…The Devil's Dictionary: Railroad
by Ambrose Bierce RADIUMRAMSHACKLERAILROAD -n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to wher we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is…Thomas and the Magic Railroad
Director/Writer:Britt AllcroftDestination Films; G; 89 minutesRelease:7/00Cast:Alec Baldwin, Peter Fonda, Mara Wilson Thomas and the Magic Railroad will be familiar to anyone who has seen PBS…Major Railroad Accidents
1876 Dec. 29, Ashtabula, Ohio: Lake Shore train fell into the Ashtabula River when the bridge it was crossing collapsedduring a…railroad
(Encyclopedia) railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which trains of freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn…Sara Teasedale: In a Railroad Station
In a Railroad StationWe stood in the shrill electric light, Dumb and sick in the whirling din We who had all of love to say And a single second to say it in."Good-by!" "Good-by!"—you…Railroad Ridership, 1988–2004
(millions) 19881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004Amtrak system21.521.422.222.021.322.121.220.719.720.221.121.522.523.523.424.025.0 Northeast Corridor11.211.111.210.910.…Erie Railroad
(Encyclopedia) Erie Railroad, rail transportation line designed to connect the mouth of the Hudson River with the Great Lakes region. The New York and Erie RR Company was enfranchised and…Trending
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