Portage Railroad

Here was No. 6 of the ten inclined planes used to carry canal boats by rail, Hollidaysburg to Johnstown. This unique engineering feat was completed in 1834. The road was 36 miles long.

Marker is on Old Route 22, on the ...

Portage Railroad

Here was No. 6 of the ten inclined planes used to carry canal boats by rail, Hollidaysburg to Johnstown. This unique engineering feat was completed in 1834. The road was 36 miles long.

Marker is on Old Route 22, on the ...

Dayton and Michigan Railroad

Side A

The Dayton and Michigan Railroad provided the single most important impetus to the growth and development of Wapakoneta. Although Wapakoneta had been platted in 1833, at the time of incorporation (1848), "the town was still without any material improvement ...

Railroading in Maitland

Before the railroad to Lake Maitland, travelers boarded a steamboat in Jacksonville for the trip up the St. Johns River to Sanford. The St. Johns River is one of only three rivers in the United States that flows from south ...

Scottsboro Railroad Depot

The Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company constructed the Scottsboro Railroad Depot in 1860-1861 as a passenger and freight facility. The rail line ran throughout the Confederacy and the Union considered its capture vital to cutting off supplies to the south. ...

Virginia & Truckee Railroad Right of Way

Soon after the Chinese laborers graded this section during the summer of 1871, track gangs commenced laying rail south, reaching Steamboat Springs by late October. To celebrate the occasion numerous residents rode an excursion train to Steamboat on November 7. ...

East Broad Top Railroad

East Broad Top Railroad

Has Been Designated A

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the Provisions of The

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating and Illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1964

Marker is at the ...

The Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Depot

This building, completed in April 1884, served the new Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad Company, which sought to take advantage of the growing interest in the Gettysburg Battlefield. From here visitors could continue with a 2 1/2 mile tour across the ...

Sierra Railroad

California’s Mother Lode short line

Incorporated in 1897 by T.S. Bullock and W. Crocker. That first ran

35 miles from Oakdale to Jamestown

then north to Angels Camp and

south to Hetch-Hetchy.

Marker can be reached from Sierra Avenue near 9th Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Great Railroad Era

Historic Wayside Tour #10

The railroad era began in the eastern part of the United States in the 1830's when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened with thirteen miles of track. Most of the lines were built in the Northeast and ...