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Contents

[edit] Write - by region

Africa - Rail transport in Africa - Rail transport in Botswana (currently redirects to Botswana Railways) - Rail transport in Central African Republic - Rail transport in Comoros - Rail transport in Côte d'Ivoire - Rail transport in Djibouti - Rail transport in Egypt (currently redirects to Egyptian National Railways) - Rail transport in Equatorial Guinea - Rail transport in Eritrea - Rail transport in Ethiopia - Rail transport in Gabon - Rail transport in Ghana - Rail transport in Guinea-Bissau - Rail transport in Lesotho - Rail transport in Liberia - Rail transport in Libya - Rail transport in Mozambique (currently redirects to Mozambique Ports and Railways) - Rail transport in Réunion - Rail transport in Saint Helena - Rail transport in Senegal - Rail transport in Seychelles - Rail transport in Swaziland (currently redirects to Swazi Rail) - Rail transport in São Tomé and Príncipe - Rail transport in The Gambia - Rail transport in Uganda (currently redirects to Uganda Railways Corporation) - Rail transport in Western Sahara - Rail transport in Zimbabwe (currently redirects to National Railways of Zimbabwe)
Asia - Union of Burma Railways
Europe - Rail transport in Armenia, Rail transport in Austria, Rail transport in Azerbaijan, Rail transport in Belarus, Rail transport in Bulgaria, Rail transport in Croatia, Rail transport in Cyprus, Rail transport in the Czech Republic, Rail transport in Georgia, Rail transport in Hungary, Rail transport in Kazakhstan, Rail transport in Luxembourg, Rail transport in the Republic of Macedonia, Rail transport in Malta, Rail transport in Moldova, Rail transport in Montenegro, Rail transport in Romania, Rail transport in Russia, Rail transport in San Marino, Rail transport in Serbia, Rail transport in Slovenia, Rail transport in Turkey, Rail transport in Ukraine
North America -
South America - Rail transport in Chile(currently redirects to Transport in Chile) - Rail transport in Ecuador - Rail transport in French Guiana - Rail transport in Guyana - Rail transport in Suriname - Rail transport in Uruguay - Rail transport in Venezuela

[edit] Write - railroads

Note that no distinction is made here between operating railroads, fallen flags (defunct railroads) or tourist railroads. Write the article and tell us about it.
A - Altoona and Logan Valley Electric Railway
B - Baltic Rail Services (redirects to Railroad Development Corporation) - Bangor and Katahdin Railroad - Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad (redirects to Bangor and Aroostook Railroad) - Battlefield Railway - Beaver Meadow Railroad - Beijing-Shanghai Express Railway Company - Belgian Vicinal Railways - Bengal and North Western Railway - Boone & Senic Valley Railroad - Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway - Budapest Children's Railway
C - Cargo Central Europe - Cargo Rail Austria - Cargo Slovakia - Carillon and Grenville Railway - Central Western Railway - Chattanooga Electric Railway (on NRHP) - Chehalis Western - Chestnut and Walnut Street Railway - Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanesville Railroad
D - Danville, Urbana, Bloomington and Pekin Railroad - Dayton, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway - Dayton and Ironton Railroad - Detroit and Lima Northern Railway
E - East Bengal Railway - Ezequiel Zamora Rail System
F - Ferrocarriles Chihuahua al Pacifico - Forfar and Brechin Railway - Frankfort and South Eatern Railroad
G - Gakwar's Baroda State Railway - Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (redirects to Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway) - Gondal Railway
I - Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Railroad - Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway
J - Jamestown, Franklin and Clearfield Railroad - Jingyihuo Railway - Jodhpur Bikaner Railway - Junction Railway (Ohio)
K - Kanawha and Michigan Railway - Kenya-Uganda Railways - Kilsyth and Bonnybridge Railway - Kuibei Railway
L - Lakeland and Waterways Railway - Lawrence Railroad and Transportation Company (and its successor, Lawrence Railroad Company) - Lima-Toledo Railroad - Louisiana and Texas Railroad
M - Marietta and North Georgia Railroad - Marion and Johnston City Railway - Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company - Mississippi Southern Railroad - Mito Railway - Mobile and Gulf Railroad - Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad - Montrose and Bervie Railway - Morrisburg and Ottawa Electric Railway - Morvi Railway - Mount Morgan Railway - MRS Logística S.A. (Brazil) - Mysore State Railway
N - New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway - New York and North Shore Traction Company (trolley service in Queens & Nassau Counties, NY, currently redirects to North Shore Bus Company.) - New York Dock Railway - North and Western (India) - North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway - Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
O - Ohio Southern Railway - Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railway - Ontario, Hudson Bay and Western Railway - Orange Belt Railway
P - Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad - Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railway - Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company (currently redirects to SEPTA) - Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company (currently redirects to SEPTA Routes 101 and 102, but operated other lines besides the Media-Sharon Hill Trolleys) - Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railway
R - Rohilkand and Kumaon Railway
S - Second Wujing Railway - Springfield Terminal Railway (currently redirects to Pan Am Railways) - Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad - St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway - South Indian Railway - Sud Pacifico de Mexico
T - Temiscouata Railway - Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan Railroad - Transbaikal Railway - Tranz Rail Ltd. - Tsuchiura Line - Turtle Creek Valley Railroad
U - United Traction Company - Union of Burma Railways - Ussuri Railway
V - Virginia Midland Railway
W - Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (currently redirects to a chapter in Great Southern and Western Railway) - Wuzhun Railway
Y - York River Railroad

[edit] Write - railfanning and railroad locations

A - Abo Canyon - Ashley Planes (CNJ)
H - Hanguguan Tunnel
I - Iwateichinohe Tunnel
L - Labbacka railway tunnel
M - Mount Airy Planes (B&O) - Muleshoe Curve (PRR)
Q - Qindong Tunnel
S - Sand Patch (B&O)
Z - Zhangmao Tunnel

[edit] Write - railroad stations

B - Boston Marine Industrial Park (MBTA station)
C - Cleveland Union Passenger Depot
E - East Los Angeles (UP station)(example on Flickr)
F - Frostburg (Western Maryland station)(part of the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad)
G - Guiyang Southern Station - Gulf, Colorado and Sante Fe Railroad Passenger Station (NRHP in Fort Worth, Texas)
H - Huashan North Railway Station
N - Newark Transfer (CNJ station) (or redirect, if an existing New Jersey Transit station uses it today) - Northern Avenue at Harbor Street (MBTA station)
P - Pennsylvania Railroad Depot and Baggage Room (Dennison, Ohio and a potential NHL) - Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Fort Wayne, Indiana) (a.k.a.; Baker Street Station (Fort Wayne, Indiana); NRHP)
S - Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (San Antonio, Texas) (NRHP since May 25, 1975) - Superior Avenue Station (Cleveland)
U - Union Station (Portland, Maine) (previously an article on the Railroad History of Portland, Maine that was renamed)
W - Waverly Transfer (PRR station) - World's Columbian Exposition Terminal Station (Chicago, Illinois)
X - Xi'an North Railway Station - Xianyang West Railway Station

[edit] Write - rail equipment leasing companies

[edit] Write - trains

C - Continental Limited
G - Gold Coast Limited
K - King Coal (passenger train) (RDG)
M - Missouri Routes - Moccasin (passenger train)
R - Rainbow Special
S - Scenic Limited - Southern Crescent
Y - Yamabiko (Shinkansen)

[edit] Write - equipment

[edit] Write - equipment on the NRHP

The following railroad equipment is listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. NRHP name is first, other names, if any, follow:

  • Central Texas Gravel Locomotive #210
  • Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Steam Locomotive No. 710 -- CB&Q 710
  • East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12 -- Tweetsie 12
  • Florida East Coast Railway Locomotive #153 -- Florida East Coast 153
  • Kansas City Southern Railway Locomotive #73D and Caboose #385
  • L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152 -- Louisville and Nashville 152
  • Mikado Locomotive No. 4501 -- Southern 4501
  • Nahma and Northern Railway Locomotive #5
  • Shay Locomotive -- Cass Street, Cadillac, Michigan
  • Simpson Logging Company Locomotive No. 7 and Peninsular Railway Caboose No. 700 -- Simpson Logging 7
  • St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt Route) Steam Locomotive #336
  • St. Louis Southwestern Railway Steam Locomotive #819 -- Cotton Belt 819
  • Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive #101
  • United States Air Force Locomotive #1246
  • United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039
  • Virginia and Truckee Railway Locomotive #27 -- Virginia and Truckee 27 Started!
  • Waialua Agricultural Company Engine No. 6 -- Waialua Agricultural Company 6

and, not their NRHP names, some of which have paragraphs and NRHP infoboxes in their class articles:

  • PRR 94
  • PRR 520
  • PRR 1187
  • PRR 1187
  • PRR 1223
  • PRR 1670
  • PRR 2846
  • PRR 5741
  • PRR 5741
  • PRR 6755
  • PRR 7002
  • PRR 7688

[edit] Write - generic equipment

[edit] Write - locomotives and powered rolling stock

B - Burro crane
C - Canadian Pacific 2860 - Central Railroad of New Jersey 1000
G - Green Goat (currently redirects to RailPower Technologies)
R - Road locomotive (currently a disambig page)
S - S-102(currently redirects to Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15) - Southern Pacific 2252
U - Union Pacific Challenger (currently redirects to Union Pacific 3985)
R - Karrier Ro-Railer - mentioned in Road-rail vehicles and Nicky Line

[edit] Write - unpowered rolling stock

Skytop Lounge - Steam generator car(currently redirects to Steam generator (railroad), but may be worthy of removal anyhow.)

[edit] Write - equipment parts

ALCO 244 - Crank axle - Fire arch - High voltage cabinet

[edit] Write - named equipment

Consolidation (locomotive) - Launceston Castle (locomotive) - Nunney Castle (locomotive) - Old Ironsides (locomotive) (currently redirects to Matthias W. Baldwin) - Susquehanna (locomotive) - Treganna Castle (locomotive) - William R. Smith (locomotive) - Yonah (locomotive)

[edit] Write - manufacturers

A - Amey Rail - Atkins Rail
B - Belpaire - Besco Engineering and Services - Birse Rail
D - Dunkirk Engineering Company
E - Eastwick and Harrison
H - Heisler Locomotive Works (currently redirects to Heisler locomotive)
L - Locks and Canals Machine Shop
M - Morrison Knudsen (currently redirects to Washington Group International) - MotivePower Industries (currently redirects to Wabtec)
N - National Locomotive Works - Newcastle Manufacturing Company
S - Santa Fe Vagoes - Stearns Manufacturing Company - Swinburne, Smith & Company - Swiss Locomotive Works
T - Taunton Locomotive and Manufacturing Company

[edit] Write - people

A - Edgar Alcock (Hunslet) - Emil B. Anderson
B - O. W. Bayley - Arthur W. Bell - Charles O. Birney (Birney) - John Brandt - John George Brill (Brill) - Timothy Burstall - Edward Bury ([1])
C - Ernest F. Cambier (1844-1909, first Congo railway) - Henry R. Campbell - Oliver Charlick (LIRR) - Daniel F. Child - Doug Christy (IAIS) - Francis H. Clergue (AC) - Joel Coffin - Eugene Colonese (ConnDOT) - Thomas Conway, Jr. - T. Jefferson Coolidge (ATSF) - Paul Côté (VIA) - Iain Coucher (Network Rail) - Patrick E. Crowley (NYC)
D - Charles Danforth - Richard K. Davidson (UP) - Albert Dean (Budd) - James J. Dermody (LIRR) - Thomas Downs (Amtrak) - Isaac Dripps (C&A)
E - William D. Ellis (Schenectady) - Theodore N. Ely (PRR) - Edward Engel (ATSF) - Thomas Mellon Evans
F - Alan Furth (SP)
G - Richard C. Grayson (BN obit reprinted from BNSF Today) - Charles Green (TCRT) - Chester E. Gunderson
H - Mian Shamim Haider (Pakistan Railway Minister) - H. L. Hamilton (Winton) - Richard Hamlin - Fairfax Harrison - Charles Hayes (SP) (SP) - Charles L. Heisler - Valentine Hicks (LIRR) - Walker D. Hines (ATSF) - Holmes Hinkley - Thomas Hogg (MR&LE [2]) - Hale Holden (SP) - William S. Hudson
I - Masataka Ide (JR West)
J - Mile Janakievski
K - Takeshi Kakiuchi (JR West) - John Kennedy (Rainhill Trials judge) - Raymond P. Kenny (LIRR) - Paul Kiefer (NYC) - Leland Knickerbocker (EMD, designed ATSF's warbonnet livery) - Julius Kruttschnitt (SP)
L - John P. Laird - Vyacheslav Lemeshko (Kuibyshev Railway) - Horace Lowry
M - Ernest S. Marsh (ATSF) - Sylvester Marsh (MWCR) - Moeletsi Mbeki (Comazar) - J. C. McIntyre (DME) - Denman McNear (SP) - James McRea (PRR, currently being redirected to James McCrae (footballer), a Scottish soccer player) - Armand Mercier (SP) - Dennis H. Miller (IAIS) - E. Spencer Miller (MEC) - Harry A. Mitchell (WP) - Jolene Molitoris (FRA) - Charles Wickliffe Moorman IV (NS)
O - Emile Ouosso
P - Alfred E. Perlman (NYC) - Pavol Prokopovič (Hungarian Transport Minister)
R - W. Thomas Rice (RFP, ACL, SCL, CSX) - Walter Rich (NYSW, CNYK; obit) - Jon R. Roy (IAIS) - Donald Russell (SP) (SP)
S - Kevin V. Schieffer (DME) - Arthur Shoener (KCS) - Matthew S. Sloan (MKT) - John Y. Smith - William Sproule (SP) - George W. Stevens - Alpheas Beede Stickney - D.J. Strouse - W. John Swartz (ATSF, [3])
T - Sir Henry Thornton (CN) - George Muirson Totten ([4], Panama Railway) - James Towley - Walter J. Tuohy (C&O)
W - Hays T. Watkins, Jr. - Reuben Wells - Reginald N. Whitman (MKT) - Helena Williams (LIRR; Currently redirects to List of Neighbours characters (2011)) - Jarvis Williams (entrepreneur) (Hinkley) - John H. Williams (NWP) - John Skelton Williams (SAL) - Bill Wimmer (UP) - Nicholas Wood - John E. Wootten
Y - Masao Yamazaki (JR West)

[edit] Write - museums

O - Oyster Bay Railroad Museum(currently redirects to Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable)
R - Railroad Museum of South Florida(Not to be confused with the South Florida Railway Museum in Deerfield Beach. This one is in Fort Meyers. Here's a link.) - Reading Signal Works

[edit] Write - miscellaneous

A - Al-Ghanim & Sons Group - All India Railwaymen’s Union - American Financial Enterprises - Articulated (currently redirects to Articulated locomotive) - Association Francaise des Amis des Chemins de Fer - Association of Suburban Passenger Companies
B - Baltic Rail Service - Berkshire Partners - Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (note, spelling is correct [5])
C - Canadian Railway War Board(currently redirects to Railway Association of Canada) - Cedar American Rail Holdings - Clamdigger (Amtrak) - Congo-Malaysia-Korea Consortium - Corridor VIII (Macedonia)
D - Double acting
E - Evergreen Branch(LIRR; Currently redirects to Manhattan Beach Branch)
F - Fair of the Iron Horse - Farecard - Federal Possession and Control Act - Florida Railroad Commission - Freight rail system
G - Greenbriar Equity Group
H - Harbeson, Hough, Livingston and Larson - Harvey Girls (currently redirects to Fred Harvey Company) - Harvey House (currently redirects to Fred Harvey Company) - Heartland Rail Corporation - Hempstead Branch (Ohio)(PRR) -High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965 - Holban Yard
I - Iowa Railway Finance Authority
J - James River and Kanawha Canal Company
L - Locos-Symphonie
M - Metropolitan Transit Development Board (San Diego) - Michigan State Trust for Railway Preservation(currently redirects to Steam Railroading Institute) - Military Railway Service - Minister of Transport and Communications (Macedonia), Modalohr
N - National Federation of Indian Railwaymen - National Railway Appliance Exhibition - National Transcontinental Railway Act - Northern Railway Mazdoor Union
R - Rail Traffic Control (IAIS subsidiary) - Railroad Control Act - Railroad Labor Board(redirects to Esch–Cummins Act) - Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Reduction gearing - Rio Grande Pacific - Railway Safety Commission (Irish railway safety regulator - http://www.rsc.ie) - Rail Accident Investigation Unit (part of the RSC in Ireland that does what it says on the tin - it investigates railway accidents, like the UK RAIB - http://www.raiu.ie/)
S - Safety Assurance Compliance Process - Saturated steam - Shovelnose (currently a disambig page) - Strap rail
W - Wagon Label - Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh
Z - Zephyrette (currently redirects to California Zephyr)

[edit] Write - model railroading

[edit] Write - prominent model railroaders

Many of these are members of the MRIA Hall Of Fame (see [6])

A - Edwin P. Alexander - Alan Armitage - Irvin R. Athearn - Thomas Ayres(redirects to a 19th Century South African ornithologist)
B - Louis Barnett - Lee L. Blyler - Bill Bowser
C - Leo Campbell - Harold Carstens
D - Howell Day
E - Dale Edwards - Keith Edwards (Micro-Trains) - Lewis English, Sr.
G - Fred Gates - Roy Gelber - Cliff Grandt - Max Gray
H - Bobbye Hall (model builder) - PD Hancock - George Hook
K - Yuji Kato - Carmen Webster Kelly - August Kniff - Sol Kramer
L - Russ Larson - Robert Lindsay (model builder) - Rollin Lobaugh - Bob Lunde - Lynn Lunde
M - Clarence Menteer
O - Gordon Odegard - David Osment
P - Bernard Paul - Charles A. Penn - Nathan Polk
R - Robert Rands - Eberhard Richter - Wolfgang Richter - H. Lee Riley - Harold Rosenlund - William Ryan (PFM)
S - Stephen Schaffen, Jr. - Hugh Stephens - George Stock
T - Mike Trost(redirects to a former player for the St. Louis Browns) - John Tyler (Mantua)
U - Charles Ulrich
V - Gordon Varney
W - Bruce Walthers - William K. Walthers

[edit] Write - prominent model railroads

[edit] Write - modular standards

BendTrak

[edit] Write - model manufacturers

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