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Alameda by Rail
Across the great bay from San Francisco, the city of Alameda evolved into an island hometown of fine Victorian and Craftsman architecture and a port containing a naval air station,…
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Boston & Maine Trains and Services
The Boston & Maine Railroad serviced most of New England as a primary mode of transportation during the 19th and 20th centuries.The birth of this railroad spurred the growth and…
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Interurban Trains to Chicago Photo Archive
Interurban Trains to Chicago follows Samuel Insull’s Great Chicago Systems, three superb interurban routes powered by electric traction that carried passengers from the north, west and southwest into downtown Chicago….
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New York Central Railroad
For decades the New York Central reigned as one of Americas most important railroads. Beginning with the 1853 consolidation of a group of fledgling railways that formed a route from…
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Railroads of North Carolina
Since the opening of the first permanent railway in 1833, hundreds of railroad companies have operated in North Carolina.Rail transportation, faster and more efficient than other methods of the era,…
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