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Mississippian Railway
The Mississippian Railway is a short line railroad operating from Amory to Fulton, Mississippi. It is owned and operated by the Itawamba County Railroad Authority. The MSRW interchanges with the BNSF Railway at Amory. The MSRW's shops are also located in Amory. History The Mississippian Railway was established in 1923 primarily to haul lumber products from Fulton south to the interchange with the Frisco Railway in Amory. In 1944 a bentonite plant was built in Smithville to take advantage of a large deposit discovered there which led to a surge in business for the line and its nickname ''The Bentonite Road''. By 1968 the bentonite deposits near Smithville had been depleted and the plant closed, however several industries had moved to Fulton and continued to provide traffic for the railroad. In the late 1970s, construction of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway threatened to flood about nine miles of track. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided it would be cheaper t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the southwest, and Arkansas to the northwest. Mississippi's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River, or its historical course. Mississippi is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 32nd largest by area and List of U.S. states by population, 35th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states and has the lowest per-capita income. Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson is both the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and largest city. Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi, Greater Jackson is the state's most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, with a population of 591,978 2020 United States census, in 2020. Other major cities include Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport, Southaven, Mississippi, South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EMD GP7
The EMD GP7 is a four-axle (AAR wheel arrangement#B-B, B-B) diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division and General Motors Diesel between October 1949 and May 1954.Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973) pp. 53 The GP7 was the first EMD road locomotive to use a hood unit design instead of a cab unit, car-body design. This proved to be more efficient than the car body design as the hood unit cost less to build, was cheaper and easier to maintain, and had much better front and rear visibility for switching. Power was provided by an EMD 567, EMD 567B 16-cylinder (engine), cylinder engine which generated . The GP7 was offered both with and B unit, without control cabs, and those built without control cabs were called a GP7B. Five GP7B's were built between March and April 1953. Of the 2,734 GP7's built, 2,620 were for American railroads (including 5 GP7B units built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway), 112 were built for Canadian railroads, and 2 were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United States Railroads
About 700 railroads operate common carrier freight service in the United States. There are about of railroad track in the United States, nearly all standard gauge. Reporting marks are listed in parentheses. RailincSearch MARKs accessed February 2009 * A&R Terminal Railroad (ART) * Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad (AR) * Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) * Acadiana Railway (AKDN) * Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) * Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF) * Affton Terminal Services Railroad (AT) * Ag Valley Railroad (AVRR) * Aiken Railway (AIKR) * Akron Barberton Cluster Railway (AB) * Alabama and Gulf Coast Railway (AGR) (GWI) * Alabama and Tennessee River Railway (ATN) (OmniTRAX) * Alabama Export Railroad (ALE) * Alabama Southern Railroad (ABS) * Alabama Warrior Railway (ABWR) * Alamo Gulf Coast Railroad (AGCR) * Alamo North Texas Railroad (ANTX) * Alaska Railroad (ARR) * Albany and Eastern Railroad (AERC) * Albany Port Railroad (APD) * Alexander Railroad (ARC) * Aliquip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stettler, Alberta
Stettler is a town in Central Alberta, east-central Alberta, Canada that is surrounded by the County of Stettler No. 6. History Stettler was founded in 1905 and was named after Swiss immigrant Carl Stettler, who also founded a settlement east of the town at Blumenau, as well as being influential in the nearby community of Castor, Alberta, Castor. He also served on the first Town Council of Stettler. Stettler was the site of the worst mass murders in Alberta history in 1959, when Robert Raymond Cook killed his father, stepmother, and their three children. The crime also led to the last execution in Alberta, when Cook was hanged in 1960. Geography Climate Stettler experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification ''Dfb''). Demographics In the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of Stettler had a population of 5,695 living in 2,384 of its 2,574 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions is a heritage railway originating in Stettler, Alberta. The train runs between Stettler and Big Valley. The trips last five to six hours, with a stopover (all excursions include a buffet meal). Many trains are pulled by No. 41, a 1920 Baldwin 2-8-0 steam locomotive, and sometimes by CN U-1-f No. 6060, a Montreal Locomotive Works 4-8-2. On days when the steamers are not running, the railroad operates diesel switcher SW-1200 number 1259 and GMD GMD1 number 1118. Until the end of the railroad's 1999 season, it also operated on the route to Coronation, Alberta, which is now abandoned. Equipment No. 41 was built in December, 1920 for the Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad, and was there assigned the "41" number. When that line became part of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway (Frisco), the locomotive was re-numbered as 77. After performing freight service with the Frisco for years, the engine was sold in 1947 to the Mississi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore And Ohio Railroad
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the oldest railroads in North America, oldest railroad in the United States and the first steam engine, steam-operated common carrier. Construction of the line began in 1828, and it operated as B&O from 1830 until 1987, when it was merged into the Chessie System. Its lines are today controlled by CSX Transportation. Founded to serve merchants from Baltimore who wanted to do business with settlers crossing the Appalachian Mountains, the railroad competed with several existing and proposed Central Avenue (Albany, New York), turnpikes and canals, including the Erie Canal, Erie and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The railroad began operation in 1830 on a 13-mile line between Baltimore and Ellicott City, Maryland, Elliot's Mill in Maryland. Horse-drawn cars were replaced by steam locomotives the following year. Over the following decades, construction continued westward. During the American Civil War, the railroad sustained much damage but proved cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland, Maryland
Oakland is a town in Garrett County, Maryland, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,851 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is near Deep Creek Lake and the Wisp Ski Resort. History Oakland was formally incorporated as a town in 1862. The town is home to the historic Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Oakland station (Maryland), Oakland Station, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 and restored in the 2000s. Today, the station is mainly used for special organizations or gatherings, although trains still run on tracks behind the station. A gift shop is located within the station. Seasonal decorations and events, such as the town Christmas tree, are located at the station. Main Street comprises historic two to four-story edifices with retail businesses, such as a theatre, museum, book store, pharmacy, antique shops, clothing stores and banks. Many of the buildings in the downtown area are Victorian architecture. Much of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steam Railroading Institute
The Steam Railroading Institute is a non-profit organization that preserves, restores, and operates historical railroad equipment and items. Located in Owosso, Michigan, it was founded in 1969 as the Michigan State University Railroad Club and later became the Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation before adopting its present name. Headquartered at the old Ann Arbor Railroad railyard, the organization operates a heritage railroad that offers occasional passenger excursion trains using steam locomotives: Pere Marquette 1225 and Chicago and North Western 175. It also has passenger cars and other rolling stock. History In the late 1950s, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Chairman Cyrus Eaton sought to donate No. 1225, a steam locomotive recently retired by the Pere Marquette Railway, to Michigan State University's College of Engineering so the students could work on a piece of real equipment and keep the locomotive from the scrapyard. He convinced University Trustee Forest Aker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio Central Railroad System
The Ohio Central Railroad System is a network of ten short line railroads operating in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. It is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. Headquartered in Coshocton, Ohio, the system operates of track divided among 10 subsidiary railroads. Most of the system's routes were divested from Class I railroads and connect industries to the Class I railroads. The Ohio Central operates on track owned by other entities, including a line from Newark, Ohio to Mount Vernon, Ohio owned by CSX and the old Panhandle Route, owned by the State of Ohio. Railroads in the system Ohio Central's rail system comprises * Ohio Central Railroad * Ohio Southern Railroad * Columbus and Ohio River Rail Road, the former Pennsylvania Railroad Panhandle Route * Mahoning Valley Railway * Ohio & Pennsylvania Railroad * Ohi-Rail Corporation * Warren & Trumbull Railroad * Youngstown & Austintown Railroad * Youngstown Belt Railroad * Pittsburgh & Ohio Central RailroadFormerly the Pit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gettysburg Railroad (1976–1996)
The Gettysburg Railroad was a short-line heritage railroad that operated in Pennsylvania from 1976 to 1996. The 23.4 mi (37.7 km) line ran from Gettysburg to Mount Holly Springs. The railroad shipped freight for local companies and interchanged with CSX Transportation in Gettysburg and Conrail at Carlisle Junction in Mount Holly Springs. It also operated a tourist railroad under a subsidiary, Gettysburg Passenger Services. History The railroad was built in the late 19th century and opened in 1891 as the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railway. The line was later leased to the Reading Railroad and operated as the "Gettysburg Branch." Following the Reading's bankruptcy in 1971, it sold portions of its assets to the new-formed Conrail in 1976, however the Gettysburg branch was not included in the transfer. The branch was acquired by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which then sold the line to a new company, the Blairsville & Indiana Railroad, in 1976. The lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonesboro, Lake City And Eastern Railroad
The Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad (JLC&E) was a short-line railroad that operated in Mississippi County, Arkansas, Mississippi and Craighead County, Arkansas, Craighead counties of northeast Arkansas. This railroad received a charter from the state of Arkansas on April 7, 1897, and track construction between Jonesboro, Arkansas, Jonesboro and Blytheville, Arkansas, Blytheville began soon thereafter. History Origins The initial push to construct the JLC&E came from timber owners and land speculators in northeast Arkansas, all of whom saw the availability of railroad transportation as a necessary ingredient to harvesting timber. The group procured a charter from the Arkansas General Assembly, Arkansas state legislature in 1897 to construct a railroad in Craighead and Mississippi Counties and began construction soon after. The largest hurdle was constructing bridges in the "1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes, sunken lands" east of Jonesboro, but the company was able to run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta Prairie Steam Train 41 Arrives At Big Valley Station
Alberta is a province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked Canadian provinces. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly continental climate, but seasonal temperatures tend to swing rapidly because it is so arid. Those swings are less pronounced in western Alberta because of its occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area, at , and the fourth most populous, with 4,262,635 residents. Alberta's capital is Edmonton; its largest city is Calgary. The two cities are Alberta's largest census metropolitan areas. More than half of Albertans live in Edmonton or Calgary, which encourages a cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
