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1957. The railroads had lost money on passenger service since the Great Depression, but deficits reached $723 million in 1957. For many railroads, these losses

the former Boston and Maine and Maine Central railroads; St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad; Maine Eastern Railroad; Central Maine and Quebec Railway; and

water rafting rivers, and two tourist railroads, the Cass Scenic Railroad and the Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad. West Virginia is crossed by seven Interstate

partnership. Several regional and short line railroads also provide service and connect with other railroads. Massachusetts has a total of 1,110 miles (1

largest railroad classification yard in the world. The route of the original transcontinental railroad runs through the state. Other major railroads with

dozen short line railroads. The vast majority of rail service in Michigan is devoted to freight, with Amtrak and various scenic railroads the exceptions

Byway. Railroads have played an important role in South Dakota transportation since the mid-19th century. Some 4,420 miles (7,110 km) of railroad track

Volumes 7 and 8 of Documentary History of the State of Maine. 7. Portland, Maine: Collections of the Maine Historical Society, 2nd Series.. pp. 311, 314.  Parry

farmers came with the arrival of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads throughout the 1880s and 1890s, though in relatively small numbers. File:Mennonite

us/exhibits/symbols/slogan.html.  "Freight Railroad Chronology" (in en-US). https://www.aar.org/chronology-of-americas-freight-railroads/.  Ohlemacher, Stephen (May 17

miles (4,430 km) of railroad track divided among twenty-six railroad companies including three Class I railroads. Freight railroads are concentrated in

entire country, the use of the railroad to transport the mail was instituted in 1832, on one line in Pennsylvania. All railroads in the United States were designated

short-line railroads provide freight service in Delaware. The Delmarva Central Railroad operates the most trackage of the short-line railroads, running from

Engineers was constructing railroads and bridges. Union forces took advantage of such Confederate infrastructure because railroads and bridges provided access

origin, making it one of the least diverse states in the U.S., except for Maine. When including French Canadians, the French made up the largest ancestral

Pacific. A number of Class II and Class III railroads also carry freight. Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, operates three long-distance rail routes

cultural center. The Wharf, as it is called, contains the city's historic Maine Avenue Fish Market. This is the oldest fish market currently in operation

known for its summertime tour passenger service. The Alaska Railroad was one of the last railroads in North America to use cabooses in regular service and

his childhood in Greenwich, at the family vacation home in Kennebunkport, Maine, or at his maternal grandparents' plantation in South Carolina. Because of

marginalized community-recommended projects removing or capping highways and railroads, the first $185 million of which were awarded to 45 projects on February