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Write - by region

Asia - Union of Burma Railways

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

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 - Appleby Froddingham 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 - Bhavnagar State Railway - Boone & Senic Valley Railroad - Brockville, Westport and North-Western Railway - Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway
C - Cargo Central Europe - Cargo Rail Austria - Cargo Slovakia - Carillon and Grenville Railway - Carolina and North Western Railway - Central Railroad of Long Island(redirects to Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)) - 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 - Flushing and North Side Railroad(redirects to Port Washington Branch(LIRR)) - Forfar and Brechin Railway
G - Gakwar's Baroda State Railway - Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway(redirects to Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway) - Gondal Railway - Gulf Coast Lines - Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
I - Indiana, Columbus and Eastern Railroad - Indianapolis and St. Louis Railway - Iron Road Railways
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 - Lima-Toledo Railroad - Louisiana and Texas Railroad
M - Marietta and North Georgia Railroad - Maritime, Coal Railway and Power Company - Missouri-Illinois Railroad - Mito Railway - Monterey and Salinas Valley Railroad - Montrose and Bervie Railway - Morvi Railway - MRS Logística S.A. (Brazil) - Mysore State Railway
N - New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway - New York and Flushing Railroad(redirects to Port Washington Branch(LIRR)) - Nizam's State Railway - North and Western (India) - North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway - Northern Virginia Transportation Commission - Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
O - Ohio Southern Railway - Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas Railway - Ontario, Hudson Bay and Western Railway - Ottawa Electric Railway
P - Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad - Philadelphia, Bethlehem and New England Railroad - Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railway - Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railway - Port Royal and Augusta Railway - Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway
R - Rohilkand and Kumaon Railway
S - Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company - Second Wujing Railway - Springfield Terminal Railway (currently redirects to Pan Am Railways) - Spuyten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad - St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway - St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway - St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (currently redirects to Great Northern Railway (U.S.)) - South Indian Railway - Sud Pacifico de Mexico
T - Temiscouata Railway - Transbaikal Railway - Tranz Rail Ltd. - Tsuchiura Line - Turtle Creek Valley Railroad
U - United Traction Company - Utah Central Railroad (currently a disambig page but with three red links) - Union of Burma Railways
V - Virginia Midland Railway
W - Wilmington and Manchester Railroad - Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (Ireland rail operate company, this is now a senseless redirection) - Wuzhun Railway
Y - York River Railroad

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) - Stoney Creek Bridge (CPR)

Z - Zhangmao Tunnel

Write - railroad stations

B - Boston Marine Industrial Park (MBTA station) - Buzzards Bay Train Station(Cape Cod Central Railroad station)

C - City Point (MBTA station)

G - Greenfield Village (Amtrak station)(A station within the Henry Ford Museum.Link available here.) - Guiyang Southern Station

H - Huashan North Railway Station

N - Newark Transfer (CNJ station) (or redirect, if an existing New Jersey Transit station uses it today) - Newhaven Marine railway station - Northern Avenue at Harbor Street (MBTA station)

S - Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Station (San Antonio, Texas) (NRHP since May 25, 1975)

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

Write - rail equipment leasing companies

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)

Write - equipment

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
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

Write - generic equipment

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 9000 class - Union Pacific Challenger (currently redirects to Union Pacific 3985)

R - Karrier Ro-Railer - mentioned in Road-rail vehicles and Nicky Line

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
L - Locks and Canals Machine Shop
M - Morrison Knudsen (currently redirects to Washington Group International) - MotivePower Industries
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

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 - 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 Krutschnitt (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) - 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) - Paul Shoup (SP) - Matthew S. Sloan (MKT) - Alfred H. Smith (NYC) - 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) - 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)

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

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 - Cedar American Rail Holdings - Congo-Malaysia-Korea Consortium - Corridor VIII (Macedonia)
D - Double acting
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
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 - Military Railway Service - Minister of Transport and Communications (Macedonia)
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 - Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Railway Association of Canada ([6]) - 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)

Write - model railroading

Write - prominent model railroaders

Many of these are members of the MRIA Hall Of Fame (see [7])

A - Edwin P. Alexander - Alan Armitage - Irvin R. Athearn - Thomas Ayres

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 - 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 - John Tyler (Mantua)

U - Charles Ulrich

V - Gordon Varney

W - Bruce Walthers - William K. Walthers

Write - prominent model railroads

Write - modular standards

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Write - model manufacturers

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+'''R''' - [[Rail Traffic Control]] ([[Iowa Interstate Railroad|IAIS]] subsidiary) - [[Railroad Control Act]] - [[Railroad Labor Board]] - [[Railway and Locomotive Historical Society]] - [[Railway Association of Canada]] ([http://railcan.ca]) - [[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/)
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 '''S''' - [[Safety Assurance Compliance Process]] - [[Saturated steam]] - [[Shovelnose]] (currently a disambig page) - [[Strap rail]]<br />
 '''W''' - [[wagon label]] - [[Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh]]<br />