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junction with the
Catawissa Railroad at Tamanend, also called Little Schuylkill Junction, in 1854. In 1857, the LSRR built a roundhouse in Tamaqua, housing 21 locomotives and a turntable. In 1863 the company was leased by the Reading Railroad for 93 years. It formally merged with the Reading in 1952. *1830: The
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Saturday, May 5th, 1827, when seven cars of coal passed from the Summit Hill mines of the L. C. & N. Company to their canal at Mauch Chunk, descending 936 feet in the nine-mile trip. Sixteen-year-old
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design with two tracks. With barrels as the primary Up load's configuration and they also provided a ready-made counterweight with addition of sufficient
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when rails are laid on top of the existing mule-haul road graded to be nearly uniform in grade from its establishment in 1819–20. Designed by founder
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commuter trains. The old tunnel carries the two center tracks, and two new tunnels carry outer tracks.
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First Railway (Tramway) Built in America, Lewiston, NY, 1764
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Bartholomew, Ann M.; Metz, Lance E.; Kneis, Michael (1989).
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Mill Creek & Mine Hill Navigation & Railroad Company
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2987:. Railway & Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin #78.
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Welcome to Tuscumbia, Alabama - You Should See Us Now!!
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Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mountjoy and Lancaster Railroad
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Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company
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New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company
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Railroads and Canals of the United States of America
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Railroads and Canals of the United States of America
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Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company
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History of rail transportation in the United States
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Library of Congress - History of Railroads and Maps
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3520:Lansford-Hauto tunnel called an engineering marvel
3221:Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin
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2694:Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
1079:Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Company
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645:1839: Albion Railway serving coal mines around
2960:History of rail transport in the United States
2002:New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company
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1144:Northern Liberties and Penn Township Railroad
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27:List of earliest railroads in North America
1022:New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike Company
449:South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company
393:Mauch Chunk (now Jim Thorpe), Pennsylvania
225:after an intervening closure.See the 1826
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1853:Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad
1805:Commercial and Railroad Bank of Vicksburg
1628:Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroad
1087:Schuylkill East Branch Navigation Company
851:South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company
550:Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad
548:. In 1832, this railroad was renamed the
345:New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
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178:1934 photo of the incline section of the
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1815:. Reorganized on 28 January 1867 as the
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3059:. Harvard University Press. p. 62.
2392:Boston, Norwich and New London Railroad
1336:Beaver Meadow Railroad and Coal Company
1312:Lykens Valley Railroad and Coal Company
1120:Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad
588:Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad
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1901:Lawrenceburg and Indianapolis Railroad
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297:Early railroad companies (1820s–1830s)
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3582:The Case of the Vanishing Locomotive,
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3280:History of Carbon County Pennsylvania
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1020:Chartered on January 6, 1810, as the
657:, the oldest surviving locomotive in
331:in Massachusetts was incorporated by
3625:Rail transportation in North America
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1058:Schuylkill Valley Navigation Company
405:Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
377:Summit Hill and Mauch Chunk Railroad
343:, which was later absorbed into the
71:Railroad-like entities (1700s–1810s)
18:First railroads in the United States
2955:History of rail transport in Canada
2842:Nesquehoning & Mahanoy Railroad
2626:Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad
2600:New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
2588:New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad
2124:Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
1978:Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad
1877:Wilmington and Susquehanna Railroad
702:Union Canal Company of Pennsylvania
666:Early common carriers (1820s–1830s)
567:was completed in 1831 running from
215:Baltimore and Philadelphia Railroad
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1432:Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
1030:Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad
953:Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad
302:Granite, coal and cotton railroads
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2983:Brown, Robert R. (October 1949).
2450:Portsmouth and Lancaster Railroad
2209:Saratoga and Fort Edward Railroad
1954:Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad
1480:Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad
1360:Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad
752:Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
640:Tallahassee - St. Marks Rail Road
387:return of cars, is built between
3057:Boston - A Topographical History
2965:Rail transport in Mexico#History
2727:Boston & Providence Railroad
2705:Danville and Pottsville Railroad
2479:Williamsport and Elmira Railroad
2421:New York and Stonington Railroad
2230:Saratoga and Washington Railroad
2185:Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad
1829:Mad River and Lake Erie Railroad
1813:Southern Railroad of Mississippi
777:Danville and Pottsville Railroad
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2985:Canada's Earliest Railway Lines
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2553:Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad
2177:Lackawanna and Western Railroad
2132:York and Maryland Line Railroad
2026:Portsmouth and Roanoke Railroad
1817:Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
1683:Winchester and Potomac Railroad
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3510:Service began on wooden rails.
3129:A History of Travel in America
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2103:Delaware and Maryland Railroad
1925:Ohio and Indianapolis Railroad
1809:Vicksburg and Jackson Railroad
1784:Clinton and Vicksburg Railroad
1736:Boston and Providence Railroad
592:Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
341:Old Colony and Newport Railway
288:Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
41:Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway
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2820:Western and Atlantic Railroad
2368:Hudson and Berkshire Railroad
2339:Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad
1760:Boston and Worcester Railroad
626:Chesterfield County, Virginia
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453:Charleston & Hamburg Road
207:Delaware County, Pennsylvania
2738:New York and Harlem Railroad
2707:at Wadesville, Pennsylvania.
2677:River in Baltimore, Maryland
2574:Central Railroad of Michigan
2259:New York and Harlem Railroad
2238:New York and Albany Railroad
1712:New York and Harlem Railroad
510:Union Canal Company Railroad
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2267:Watertown and Rome Railroad
1240:Lexington and Ohio Railroad
826:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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219:Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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2816:Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel
2690:Allegheny Portage Railroad
2604:St. Charles Streetcar Line
2315:New York and Erie Railroad
2071:New Jersey Midland Railway
1604:Cumberland Valley Railroad
1384:Boston and Lowell Railroad
801:Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
569:Mount Carbon, Pennsylvania
514:Union Canal (Pennsylvania)
457:Charleston, South Carolina
360:Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
312:Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
229:(pictured) for comparison.
3572:Railroad History Database
3482:Meridian Speedway History
2905:Missouri Pacific Railroad
2791:Stafford County, Virginia
2776:York County, Pennsylvania
2621:, opening on September 5.
1573:Main Line of Public Works
1051:Main Line of Public Works
876:Ithaca and Owego Railroad
615:Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
499:Port Carbon, Pennsylvania
310:Historical Marker of the
270:Camden and Amboy Railroad
49:Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania
3630:Rail transport in Canada
3096:www.explorepahistory.com
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2645:Norfolk Southern Railway
1821:Queen and Crescent Route
1571:Part of the state-owned
1049:Part of the state-owned
924:Tioga Navigation Company
556:cities of Tuscumbia and
518:Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
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2637:Northern Cross Railroad
1946:Jeffersonville Railroad
1528:West Feliciana Railroad
484:Palo Alto, Pennsylvania
461:Hamburg, South Carolina
426:1829: On August 8, the
333:Thomas Handasyd Perkins
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3640:North American records
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1216:Pontchartrain Railroad
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358:1826: On April 9, the
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3072:Gamst, Frederick C.;
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1504:West Chester Railroad
1168:Mount Carbon Railroad
977:Chesterfield Railroad
622:Chesterfield Railroad
565:Mount Carbon Railroad
546:Appalachian Mountains
529:Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
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2861:Panther Creek Valley
2824:Tunnel Hill, Georgia
2783:Potomac Creek Bridge
2765:Norwich, Connecticut
2746:Metro-North Railroad
1948:on February 3, 1849
1081:on January 15, 1829
260:and railway builder
2761:Lisbon, Connecticut
2755:opened in 1837 for
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2503:Strasburg Rail Road
2228:Reorganized as the
1803:Reorganized by the
1408:Petersburg Railroad
1288:Petersburg Railroad
3597:in Philadelphia. (
3589:Specific railroads
3543:Red River Railroad
3424:2009-12-23 at the
2882:Red River Railroad
2742:Park Avenue Tunnel
2718:in Relay, Maryland
2686:Staple Bend Tunnel
2671:Carrollton Viaduct
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2576:on April 22, 1837
2473:on March 11, 1835
2465:September 16, 1836
2383:September 26, 1838
2330:September 23, 1841
2291:Tonawanda Railroad
2179:on April 14, 1851
2126:on April 18, 1836
2094:September 10, 1839
2073:on April 26, 1870
2017:September 15, 1834
1651:on March 14, 1836
1580:Southwark Railroad
1114:on April 23, 1829
816:September 24, 1831
792:September 24, 1834
538:Tuscumbia, Alabama
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2831:Blue Ridge Tunnel
2798:Starrucca Viaduct
2701:Wadesville Tunnel
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2253:December 31, 1848
2079:Franklin Railroad
1969:November 14, 1833
1959:February 23, 1832
1789:December 19, 1831
1727:November 26, 1832
1509:February 18, 1831
1485:February 16, 1831
1293:February 10, 1830
1192:Tuscumbia Railway
1102:November 18, 1831
1016:February 28, 1832
982:February 27, 1828
958:February 13, 1828
856:December 19, 1827
831:February 28, 1827
613:loading docks at
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3025:. Retrieved
3018:the original
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2838:Hauto Tunnel
2675:Gwynns Falls
2593:
2572:Sold to the
2539:Rhode Island
2513:Pennsylvania
2508:June 9, 1832
2489:Pennsylvania
2484:June 9, 1832
2460:Pennsylvania
2455:June 9, 1832
2426:May 14, 1832
2282:October 1849
2257:Sold to the
2166:Pennsylvania
2142:Pennsylvania
2089:Pennsylvania
1993:July 6, 1837
1964:Pennsylvania
1916:July 4, 1834
1799:May 15, 1838
1672:June 6, 1832
1667:Pennsylvania
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1614:Pennsylvania
1590:Pennsylvania
1562:Pennsylvania
1543:January 1835
1514:Pennsylvania
1389:June 5, 1830
1346:Pennsylvania
1322:Pennsylvania
1303:October 1832
1178:Pennsylvania
1154:Pennsylvania
1130:Pennsylvania
1097:Pennsylvania
1068:Pennsylvania
1040:Pennsylvania
968:July 4, 1831
934:Pennsylvania
910:Pennsylvania
787:Pennsylvania
762:Pennsylvania
712:Pennsylvania
676:
669:
611:Lehigh Canal
607:Nesquehoning
440:, the first
435:
432:Pennsylvania
421:Lehigh River
417:Lehigh Canal
409:Lehigh Canal
397:Josiah White
367:
293:
281:Pennsylvania
262:John Stevens
211:Leiper Canal
203:Ridley Creek
152:Mount Vernon
112:
103:waterfall's
54:
3311:, 158 pages
3098:. WITF, Inc
2890:Cheneyville
2763:, north of
2753:Taft Tunnel
2703:, built by
2431:Connecticut
2402:Connecticut
2397:May 1, 1832
1794:Mississippi
651:Nova Scotia
596:Minersville
389:Summit Hill
250:Long Island
146:1799–1805:
82:Nova Scotia
3619:Categories
3324:0930973097
3117:railroads.
3102:3 November
3027:2010-03-11
2971:References
2886:Alexandria
2880:1841: The
2836:1872: The
2829:1856: The
2814:1850: The
2803:1850: The
2781:1842: The
2770:1837: The
2751:1837: The
2732:1837: The
2635:1838: The
2628:opened in
2624:1836: The
2609:1836: The
2598:1835: The
2060:New Jersey
2012:New Jersey
1703:March 1836
1466:New Jersey
1442:New Jersey
1327:April 1834
1274:New Jersey
1159:April 1834
1135:April 1831
687:Chartered
647:Stellarton
620:1831: The
601:1831: The
586:1831: The
581:Wadesville
573:Pottsville
563:1831: The
523:1830: The
508:1830: The
493:1830: The
488:Wolf Creek
478:1829: The
447:1829: The
442:locomotive
381:anthracite
375:1827: The
327:1826: The
199:Crum Creek
186:1810: The
105:escarpment
78:Louisbourg
36:Gilded Age
3294:Brenckman
3166:cite book
2909:St. Louis
2894:Louisiana
2848:from its
2639:opens in
2632:, Canada.
1538:Louisiana
1226:Louisiana
992:July 1831
542:Sheffield
503:Tuscarora
129:funicular
84:, Canada.
57:railroads
3422:Archived
3333:89-25150
3234:43518101
3142:Dunbar.
3036:cite web
2949:See also
2913:Missouri
2884:between
2857:breakers
2854:Coaldale
2850:Lansford
2563:Michigan
2469:Renamed
2378:New York
2349:New York
2325:New York
2306:May 1837
2301:New York
2277:New York
2248:New York
2219:New York
2195:New York
2175:Renamed
2113:Maryland
2036:Virginia
1988:Maryland
1944:Renamed
1887:Delaware
1722:New York
1693:Virginia
1647:Renamed
1490:New York
1370:New York
1298:Virginia
1250:Kentucky
1011:Maryland
987:Virginia
963:Maryland
886:New York
836:Maryland
811:New York
571:through
258:inventor
242:Brooklyn
156:Back Bay
2859:in the
2818:on the
2807:on the
2664:in 1941
2619:Florida
2590:in 1835
1935:Indiana
1911:Indiana
1863:Alabama
1202:Alabama
693:Opened
638:1837 -
631:1836 -
609:to the
577:Seltzer
558:Decatur
554:Alabama
419:on the
403:of the
134:Captain
121:sledges
111:called
109:Senecas
3331:
3321:
3232:
2796:1848:
2721:1835:
2710:1835:
2669:1829:
2630:Quebec
696:Notes
690:State
659:Canada
655:Samson
246:Queens
244:&
148:Boston
65:trains
3230:JSTOR
3021:(PDF)
3014:(PDF)
2920:Notes
684:Name
205:, in
115:, in
3329:LCCN
3319:ISBN
3179:help
3104:2022
3042:link
2888:and
2852:and
2586:The
2518:1837
2407:1840
2065:1872
1940:1851
1844:1838
1839:Ohio
1595:1835
1447:1834
1423:1833
1375:1839
1183:1831
1073:1830
939:1839
717:1830
391:and
335:and
252:via
240:and
170:car.
91:, a
3607:. (
3375:in
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2617:in
594:to
501:to
486:to
248:on
201:to
165:by
125:keg
59:in
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