and the airplane. The widespread introduction of diesel power on long-distance passenger train routes and the electrification of heavily traveled urban lines in the 1930s still failed to revive the industry. During World War II, however, when gasoline rationing forced many travelers to abandon their...
In our present-day world of creature comforts and modernity it is hard to truly appreciate the difficult working conditions of the 19th century during which time many rail lines were constructed. There was no heavy machinery, any way to escape Mother Nature's often unbearable conditions, or virt...
The Great Northern Railroad was the most northern of transcontinental rail lines in the USA, connecting St Paul with Seattle across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. Running through largely unsettled territory when completed in the 1870s, the railway worked hard to create a traffic which would...
Many new lines have been built, mainly in the eastern parts of the country, where before the revolution there were only a few poorly equipped single-track lines (from the Volga region to Vladivostok and Middle Asia and also the lines in the Urals). In order to exploit the tremendous ...
Rio Grande GP40 #3079 and GP30 #3018 in Denver, Colorado during the 1970s. American-Rails.com collection. Historical Atlas of North American Railroads: Written by Bill Yenne, this title is a "scrapbook" of historic, "fallen flag" maps, featuring nearly all of the best known lines which ...
The transcontinental railroad replaced the slower and more dangerous wagon trains, Pony Express and stagecoach lines that crossed the country by land and the equally difficult sea journey around the southern tip of South America.The route largely followed the well established Oregon, Mormon and ...
long, mainline hauling, many branch lines have been abandoned and torn up. Many industries have gone over to truck transport, or entirely disappeared, eliminating the need for rail transport to communities. In Railroad Tycoon you may find circumstances where a station no longer needs to be...
The Route is point to point, with about 5400 feet of main line, 90 feet of elevation difference, and three branch lines. The railroad hauls firewood, logs and rock with some passenger traffic, along with the building materials for its own construction, which currently includes a new branch ...
S20 is the best way to create in Trainz! S20 changes the way you create routes and sessions in Trainz! It streamlines your creation experience in so many ways and updates Trainz world building tools to a much more modern approach.
Thousands of miles of railroads have been abandoned in the United States, much of it in the last 40 years. All of these abandoned railways have a history and a story. This web site is dedicated to the preservation of the history of each of these former railroad lines and the companies th...