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Fort Worth, Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas — The railroad is as vital to Fort Worth’s history as cattle. The city was a stop along the legendary Chisholm Trail, and the first railroad to reach the city was the Texas & Pacific Railway, which arrived in 1876. The arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in the 1880s followed. In 1893, Boston capitalist Greenleif Simpson and other investors, including Louville Niles, bought Union Stockyards and renamed it the Fort Worth Stockyards Company. In the early 20th century, the two largest cattle slaughtering firms of the time, Armour & Co. and Swift & Co., established operations
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Investigators Looking at Speed in Deadly Philadelphia Antrak Wreck
Investigators are looking into whether speed played a role in the fatal wreck that left six dead and dozens more injured, CNN reported. The train derailed about 9:30 p.m. just north of Philadelphia. The train was traveling from Washington to New York. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life from Amtrak Northeast Regional Train 188 that derailed north of Philadelphia Tuesday evening,” Amtrak said in a statement. Amtrak said there were 238 passengers and five crewmembers on the train at the time of the crash. At least 140 people were taken to area hospitals, some in critical condition,
Dining Car
Edited from Wikipedia Before dining cars in passenger trains were common in the United States, a rail passenger’s option for meal service in transit was to patronize one of the roadhouses often located near the railroad’s water stops. Fare typically consisted of rancid meat, cold beans and old coffee, and such poor conditions discouraged many from making the journey. Most railroads began offering meal service on trains even before the First Transcontinental Railroad. By the mid-1880s, dedicated dining cars were a normal part of long-distance trains from Chicago for points westward, save those of the Santa Fe, which relied on
Sanford, Florida
The South Florida Railroad, built from Sanford to Tampa, Florida, was the first railroad to reach Sanford, Florida. It started operations on November 11, 1880, running between Sanford and Orlando. In 1893, the Plant System took over the South Florida Railroad. In 1902, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad took over the Plant System. Today, the former South Florida Railroad is part of the Central Florida Rail Corridor. In the 1870s, the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway built a link between Sanford and Jacksonville, Florida. The railroad went bankrupt in 1893 and was operated by a receiver until 1899, when
Gainesville, Georgia
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — May 28, 1871, spelled an important day for the city of Gainesville — it was the day that the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Railway opened. In 1894, the railroad came under the control of Southern Railway. The railroad served as an important link between Atlanta and Charlotte. As the railroad grew, so to did other lines that served Gainesville and the city quickly became and important railroad hub. On Aug. 23, 1872, the Gainesville, Jefferson and Southern Railroad was chartered. A 55-mile segment between Gainesville and Monroe opened March 8, 1884. In 1904, the Gainesville Midland
Atlanta, Georgia
ATLANTA — Atlanta is a true railroad town. If not for the railroad, the city may not exist. Case in point: The city was originally named Terminus. That’s because the city was established at the starting point of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which the Georgia General Assembly chartered in 1836 to connect Atlanta and Chattanooga, Tenn. Atlanta Railroad Timeline 1842: The first Western & Atlantic Railroad train runs to Marietta, Ga. 1846: The Macon & Western Railroad connecting Atlanta and Macon, Ga., opens 1842: The Georgia Railroad (chartered in 1833) connects Augusta and Atlanta May 9, 1850: The complete Western & Atlantic line
Metuchen, New Jersey
METUCHEN, N.J. — The first trains passed through this Central New Jersey town in 1836 when the New Jersey Railroad was completed. The current railroad depot is situated in the center of town and was built in 1888, the same year the railroad right-of-way was elevated above the street. It was rededicated on Dec. 13, 1979, and today serves N.J. Transit commuter trains. A second line, the Easton and Amboy Railroad (later the Lehigh Valley Railroad), reached Metuchen in the 1870s. At Metuchen, Easton and Amboy passenger traffic connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad and continued to the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Exchange Place in Jersey City,
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