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• Ancestry.com - Early Illinois railroads $

  Original source: Ackerman, Wm. K.. Early Illinois railroads : a paper. Chicago: Fergus Print. Co., 1989. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - Southwestern business directory : including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway... $

  Colorado, Wyoming Territory, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas, Louisana. Original source: Southwestern business directory : including principal towns on Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway, Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railway, Texas and Pacific Railway, Union Pacific Railway, Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado Midland Railway, and Atlantic and Pacific Railroad.. Denver, Colo.: McKenney Directory Co., 1889. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - The Ohio Railroad $

  Original source: Leland, C. P.. The Ohio Railroad : that famous structure built on stilts. Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1892. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - U.S., Chicago and North Western Railroad Employment Records, 1935-1970 $

  Original source: Chicago and North Western Railroad Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Employee Records. Chicago & North Western Historical Society, Berwyn, Illinois. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - U.S., Northern Pacific Railway Company Personnel Files, 1890-1963 $

  Original source: Personnel Files, circa 1909–1960s. Personnel Dept. records. Northern Pacific Railway Company records. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minnesota. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Ancestry.com - U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987 $

  Original source: Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934-1987. Record Group 184. The National Archives at Atlanta, Morrow, Georgia. Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• Angelina and Neches River Railroad Company Records

  Collection held at the Stephen F. Austin State University.

• Boston & Albany Railroad

• Chicagology - Chicago Tunnel Company

  Learn all about a 60 mile underground railroad that operated with 146 locomotives and 3000 freight cars 40 feet below the streets of downtown Chicago.

• Existing Railroad Stations in New York State

  Devoted to the classic railroad stations still standing in New York State.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway

  1881 from Chicago, Illinois to Albuquerque, New Mexico via Deming, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California background history, route and map.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Atlantic and Pacific Railroad

  1885 from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California background history, and route.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Central Pacific Railroad

  1869 from Sacramento, California to Ogden, Utah background history, and route.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Great Northern Railway (U.S.)

  1893 from Chicago, Illinois to Seattle, Washington background history, route and map.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Illinois Central Railroad

  1882 from Chicago, Illinois to New Orleans, Louisiana background history and map.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Southern Pacific Railroad

  1883 from Los Angeles, California to New Orleans, Louisiana background history, route and map.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Texas and Pacific Railway

  1881 from St. Louis, Missouri via Texarkana and Deming, New Mexico to Los Angeles, California background history, and route.

• FamilySearch Wiki - Union Pacific Railroad

  1869 from Omaha, Nebraska to Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California background history, and route.

• Iron Roads - Making Tracks Across Nebraska

• List of Idaho railroads (Wikipedia)