Many of West's paintings depict historical scenes with the now defunct Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, because that's where his grandfather worked for many years.
And Metro-North Railroad's New Haven line relies on overhead power lines that could get tangled in blown foliage.
Usually one route is more direct than the other, and if a mining company has sidings and a branch line linked to one railroad it cannot quickly and easily switch to another.
The Burke-Gilman Trail follows the relatively flat terrain of an abandoned spur line of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
The Waterbury rail line is the smallest branch on the railroad, with a locomotive and two-car train that serves several hundred commuters a day, Anders said.
The competition, which attracted 170 submissions, was inspired by New York's High Line -- a derelict section of elevated railroad which has been transformed into a park -- with co-founders Joshua David and Robert Hammond joining the judging panel.
Brown banquettes upholstered in what the French euphemistically call moleskin but North Americans know as leatherette line both walls of the long, narrow railroad-car-like dining room, and there's a little bar just inside the front door where your bill is tallied and taxis are called.
Metro-North Railroad lost power from 59th Street to Croton-Harmon on the Hudson Line and to New Haven on the New Haven Line.
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This summer marked the opening of High Line Park, a green space on top of an old elevated railroad trestle.
Metro-North railroad officials said they plan to restore full train service on the New Haven Line for the Wednesday morning rush, five days after a derailment and crash halted train service on a busy stretch of the Northeast Corridor.
While the first transcontinental railroad was a financial disaster for both investors and U.S. taxpayers, the line continued to provide valuable service to customers even after going into receivership.
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