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  • Sep 6, Railroads In The 1850s: Mileage, Land Grants, Trunk Lines & the West
  • Sep 5, Railroads In The 1800s (1840s): History, Photos, Timeline
  • Sep 6, Railroads In The 1860s: Civil War, Pacific Railroad, Mileage & Steel

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Sep 6, Railroads In The 1850s: Mileage, Land Grants, Trunk Lines & the West

U.S. railroads 1850–1860—9,021 to ~30,600 miles, Illinois Central land grant, NYC 1853, Erie to Dunkirk, PRR/B&O to the Ohio, Minot’s 1851 train order, Rock Island bridge. Fact...

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Sep 5, Railroads In The 1800s (1840s): History, Photos, Timeline

U.S. railroads 1840–1850—2,808 to 9,021 miles, T-rail and wooden ties, Pennsylvania Railroad charter 1846, 4-4-0 American type, Morse telegraph on the B&O. Facts and photos. No...

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Sep 6, Railroads In The 1860s: Civil War, Pacific Railroad, Mileage & Steel

U.S. railroads 1860–1870—~30,600 to 52,922 miles. Civil War as the decade’s center, Pacific Railway Acts and Promontory, Vanderbilt’s NYC, Pullman Pioneer, Bessemer rail, Westingho...

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Sep 3, Railroads In The 1900s (1900–1910): Facts, Statistics, History

U.S. railroads 1900–1910—ICC miles 193,346 to 240,293, Elkins/Hepburn/Mann-Elkins, interurbans, 20th Century Limited, Penn Station, last transcontinentals. Facts and statistics.

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Sep 8, Railroads In The 1880s: Standard Time, Gauge, Mileage & the ICC

U.S. railroads 1880–1890—93,200 to 163,600 miles, 70,400 added. Standard Time Nov. 18, 1883, Southern 5-foot change 1886, Interstate Commerce Act 1887.

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Sep 2, Civil War Railroads: North vs South, USMRR, Maps & Facts

Civil War railroadsā€”1860 mileage, gauges, USMRR, Haupt and McCallum, First Manassas, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Andrews Raid, B&O. Maps and facts.

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Sep 5, Railroads In The 1820s/1830s: Firsts, Mileage & Founding Era

U.S. railroads 1820s–1830s—Granite Railway 1826, B&O common carrier, Stourbridge Lion, Tom Thumb, Best Friend, 2,808 miles by 1840. Firsts, facts, photos.

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Sep 12, Railroads In The 1980s: Staggers, Mega-Mergers & Conrail’s IPO

U.S. railroads 1980–1990—Class I mileage 164,822 to 119,758. Staggers Oct. 14 1980, CSX and Norfolk Southern, UP–Missouri Pacific–Western Pacific, Conrail IPO March 26 1987.

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Sep 4, Railroads By State: History, Maps & Firsts

All 50 U.S. state railroad histories—firsts, 1916 peak of 254,037 miles, today’s ~140,000-mile freight network. Directory of state guides from Alabama to Wyoming.

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Sep 6, Railroads In The 1870s: Panic, Strike, Mileage, Steel & Air Brakes

U.S. railroads 1870–1880—52,922 to ~93,200 miles. Panic of 1873, Crédit Mobilier, Granger laws, Westinghouse automatic brake 1872, Ashtabula 1876, Great Strike 1877. Decade frame,...

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Sep 10, Railroads In The 1960s: Mergers, Passenger Collapse & Penn Central

U.S. railroads 1960–1970—207,334 to 196,479 miles. Erie Lackawanna 1960, C&O–B&O 1963, N&W–Nickel Plate 1964, SCL 1967, Penn Central Feb. 1 1968.

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Sep 13, Railroads In The 1990s: Mega-Mergers, Conrail’s Split & the STB

U.S. railroads 1990–2000—Class I mileage 119,758 to 99,250. BNSF Sept. 22 1995, UP–SP Sept. 11 1996, Conrail split June 1 1999, ICC Termination Dec. 29 1995.

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Sep 14, Railroads In The 2010s: PSR, Coal’s Decline & Positive Train Control

U.S. railroads 2010–2020—Class I mileage 95,573 to 91,773. Buffett closed BNSF Feb. 12 2010, Harrison at CP June 29 2012 and CSX 2017, PTC deadline Dec. 31 2018.

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Sep 8, United States Railroad Administration (USRA)

USRA federal control Dec. 28, 1917–March 1, 1920. McAdoo and Hines, Federal Control Act, compensation, standard steam locomotives (~1,850 originals) and 100,000 freight cars. Types...

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Sep 8, Railroads In The U.S. (1910s): Facts, Statistics, Photos

Railroads during the 1910s, the period from 1910-1920, was a pivotal time witnessing record mileage and federal takeover during World War I.

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Sep 14, Railroads Of Today: Class I Map, PSR & the 2026 Industry

U.S. freight rail in 2026—six Class I railroads on a nearly 140,000-mile network. PSR as everyday practice, how the STB works, traffic mix, short lines and regionals.

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Sep 10, Railroads In The 1950s: Diesel, the Interstate & Passenger Collapse

U.S. railroads 1950–1960—223,779 to 211,459 miles. Interstate June 29, 1956, dieselization, passenger collapse, TOFC, 1957–58 recession, NYO&W 1957, N&W–Virginian 1959.

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Oct 10, Interstate Railroad (Virginia): Map, Roster, Logo, History

Interstate Railroad, a Virginia coal road chartered February 18, 1896. Andover shops. Ten Alco RS3s, 30–39. Southern control in 1961. The company ended October 31, 1985.

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Sep 8, Railroads During World War I: Car Shortage, Troops & Federal Control

U.S. railroads in World War I—export freight from 1914, April 6 1917, 158,000-car shortage, USRA Dec. 28, 1917–March 1, 1920. Facts, statistics, and photos.

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Sep 8, Railroads In The 1890s: Safety Appliance, Panic, Pullman Strike

U.S. railroads 1890–1900—163,600 to 193,346 miles. Safety Appliance Act March 2, 1893, Panic of 1893, Pullman Strike 1894, NYC 999. Decade frame, not the Second Industrial Revoluti...

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Oct 14, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad: Map, Rosters, Logo

The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac, chartered February 25, 1834. A 113-mile Richmond–Washington bridge line. Named 4-8-4s, Potomac Yard, and the CSX sale of October 10, 1991.

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Sep 15, Boston and Albany Railroad: Map & History

Boston & Albany Railroad—Boston & Worcester June 23 1831, Western Railroad across the Berkshires, merger 1867–70. NYC 99-year lease July 1 1900. Berkshires, New England Sta...

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Sep 10, Railroads In The 1970s: Penn Central, Amtrak & Conrail

U.S. railroads 1970–1980—196,479 miles at the decade’s start. Penn Central bankruptcy June 21 1970, Amtrak May 1 1971, 3R/4R Acts, Conrail April 1 1976, Rock Island 1975, Milwaukee...

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Sep 15, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: Linking 13 Great States With The Nation

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad—first U.S. common carrier, chartered February 28, 1827. Wheeling 1853, Chicago 1874, C&O control 1963, Chessie 1973, into CSX April 30, 1987. Comp...

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