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Fast Mail (CB
Many railroads ran trains named ''Fast Mail'', including: * ''Fast Mail (Amtrak train)'' – Amtrak * '' Fast Mail (C&NW train)'' – Chicago & North Western * '' Fast Mail (CB&Q train)'' - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Great Northern)'' – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) * ''Fast Mail (MC train)'' - Michigan Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Milwaukee Road)'' – Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad * ''Fast Mail (NYC train)'' – New York Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Southern Railway)'' - Southern Railway (U.S.) had a ''Fast Mail'' train more famously known as "Old 97" which was in the Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ... in 1903. See also * '' The Fast Mail'', a 1922 American silent film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (Amtrak Train)
The ''Fast Mail'' was a train operated by Amtrak from Washington, D.C. to Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ... and Springfield, Massachusetts, numbered #12 (northbound) and 13 (southbound). Train 12 carried both passengers and mail while train 13 carried mail and freight only. At New Haven a separate train ran to and from Springfield (412/413). Train 12 departed Washington daily at 3:00am while 13 departed Springfield/Boston in the early morning. In 2002, train 13 was canceled and 12 became 190, without mail and express service. On November 23, 1996, the northbound ''Fast Mail'' derailed on Portal Bridge near New York City, sideswiping the southbound and causing 43 injuries. References Former Amtrak routes Railway services discontinued in 2002 {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michigan Central Railroad
The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States and the province of Ontario in Canada. After about 1867 the railroad was controlled by the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. After the 1998 Conrail breakup, Norfolk Southern Railway now owns much of the former Michigan Central trackage. At the end of 1925, MC operated of road and of track; that year it reported 4,304,000 net ton-miles of revenue freight and 600 million passenger-miles. Genealogy *Michigan Central Railroad **Battle Creek and Bay City Railroad 1889 **Buchanan and St. Joseph River Railroad 1897 **Central Railroad of Michigan 1837–1846 ***Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad 1831–1837 **Detroit and Bay City Railroad 1881 **Detroit and Charlevoix Railro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Railway (U
Southern Railway or Southern Railroad may refer to: Argentina * Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, Argentina * Southern Fuegian Railway, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Australia * Main Southern railway line, New South Wales, Australia * Southern railway line, Queensland, Australia Austria * Austrian Southern Railway * Southern Railway (Austria) Canada * Canada Southern Railway, part of the New York Central Railroad * Canadian Pacific Railway * New Brunswick Southern Railway, part of the Canadian Pacific Railway * Quebec Southern Railway * Southern Manitoba Railway * Southern Prairie Railway, a tourist railway in Ogema, Saskatchewan * Southern Railway of British Columbia India * Southern Mahratta Railway, a railway company in British India founded in 1882 * Southern Punjab Railway, India * Southern Railway zone, India United Kingdom * Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway) * Southern Railway (UK), 1923–47 United States * Alabama Great Southern Railroad * Alton and Southern Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (Southern Railway)
The ''Fast Mail'' was a Southern Railway mail and express train that operated between Washington, D.C. and New Orleans, Louisiana. The southbound ''Fast Mail'' carried the train number of 97, and was later known by the nickname of "Old 97". One such trip made by the train, on September 27, 1903, derailed at Stillhouse Trestle in Danville, Virginia, and was later known as the "Wreck of the Old 97", which the service was most well known for. The train's normal consist was two railway post office (RPO) cars, one express car, and one baggage car. It was the first exclusively mail and express train in the southern United States, and it was the last fast mail train in the United States to receive a subsidy for its fast service schedule. History Background The Railway Mail Service was established in the United States in the late 1860s, following the successful introduction of a dedicated railway post office (RPO) car on the Chicago and North Western Railway between Chicago an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the east with Chicago and St. Louis in the Midwest, along with the intermediate cities of Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Rochester and Syracuse. New York Central was headquartered in New York City's New York Central Building, adjacent to its largest station, Grand Central Terminal. The railroad was established in 1853, consolidating several existing railroad companies. In 1968, the NYC merged with its former rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad, to form Penn Central. Penn Central went bankrupt in 1970 and merged into Conrail in 1976. Conrail was broken-up in 1999, and portions of its system were transferred to CSX and Norfolk Southern Railway, with CSX acquiring most of the old New York Central trackage. Extensive trackage existed in the states of New York, Pennsyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (NYC Train)
Many railroads ran trains named ''Fast Mail'', including: * ''Fast Mail (Amtrak train)'' – Amtrak * '' Fast Mail (C&NW train)'' – Chicago & North Western * '' Fast Mail (CB&Q train)'' - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Great Northern)'' – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) * ''Fast Mail (MC train)'' - Michigan Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Milwaukee Road)'' – Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad * ''Fast Mail (NYC train)'' – New York Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Southern Railway)'' - Southern Railway (U.S.) had a ''Fast Mail'' train more famously known as "Old 97" which was in the Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ... in 1903. See also * '' The Fast Mail'', a 1922 American silent film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (Milwaukee Road)
The ''Fast Mail'' was a train service operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") on an overnight schedule between Chicago, Illinois, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The southbound trains (to Chicago) were Milwaukee Road train Nos. 56 and 58, and the northbound trains (to Minneapolis) were train Nos. 55 and 57. In its early years, this train service helped earn the Milwaukee Road's line the nickname "The Fast Mail Line." In 1924, the ''Fast Mail'' was the target of the largest train robbery in U.S. history. The ''Fast Mail'' was discontinued with train 56's arrival in Chicago on May 1, 1971. History and operation The service, developed as part of a nationwide "fast-mail" system, was inaugurated on March 13, 1884, with a special run departing northward from Chicago at 3:04 AM (four minutes late owing to a late arrival in Chicago by the connecting fast mail train from New York), arriving in Minneapolis at 3:50 PM the same day. For the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (MC Train)
Many railroads ran trains named ''Fast Mail'', including: * ''Fast Mail (Amtrak train)'' – Amtrak * '' Fast Mail (C&NW train)'' – Chicago & North Western * '' Fast Mail (CB&Q train)'' - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Great Northern)'' – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) * ''Fast Mail (MC train)'' - Michigan Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Milwaukee Road)'' – Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad * ''Fast Mail (NYC train)'' – New York Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Southern Railway)'' - Southern Railway (U.S.) had a ''Fast Mail'' train more famously known as "Old 97" which was in the Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ... in 1903. See also * '' The Fast Mail'', a 1922 American silent film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United States, contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ''Amtrak'' is a portmanteau of the words ''America'' and ''trak'', the latter itself a sensational spelling of ''track''. Founded in 1971 as a quasi-public corporation to operate many U.S. passenger rail routes, Amtrak receives a combination of state and federal subsidies but is managed as a for-profit corporation, for-profit organization. The United States federal government, through the United States Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Transportation, owns all the company's Issued shares, issued and Shares outstanding, outstanding preferred stock. Amtrak's headquarters is located one block west of Washington Union Station, Union Station in Washington, D.C. Amtrak serves more th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Northern Railway (U
Great Northern Railway or Great Northern Railroad may refer to: Australia *Great Northern Railway (Queensland) in Australia *Great Northern Rail Services in Victoria, Australia *Central Australia Railway was known as the great Northern Railway in the 1890s in South Australia *Main North railway line, New South Wales (Australia) Canada *Great Northern Railway of Canada Ireland *Great Northern Railway (Ireland) New Zealand *Kingston Branch (New Zealand) in Southland *Main North Line, New Zealand and Waiau Branch in Canterbury United Kingdom *Great Northern Railway (Great Britain) **Thameslink and Great Northern, a current operator of trains on this route United States *Great Northern Railway (U.S.), now part of the BNSF Railway system *International – Great Northern Railroad in Texas, U.S., now part of the Union Pacific Railroad *New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern The New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern was a gauge railway originally commissioned by the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast Mail (Great Northern)
Many railroads ran trains named ''Fast Mail'', including: * ''Fast Mail (Amtrak train)'' – Amtrak * '' Fast Mail (C&NW train)'' – Chicago & North Western * '' Fast Mail (CB&Q train)'' - Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Great Northern)'' – Great Northern Railway (U.S.) * ''Fast Mail (MC train)'' - Michigan Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Milwaukee Road)'' – Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad * ''Fast Mail (NYC train)'' – New York Central Railroad * ''Fast Mail (Southern Railway)'' - Southern Railway (U.S.) had a ''Fast Mail'' train more famously known as "Old 97" which was in the Wreck of the Old 97 Wreck or The Wreck may refer to: Common uses * Wreck, a collision of an automobile, aircraft or other vehicle * Shipwreck, the remains of a ship after a crisis at sea Places * The Wreck (surf spot), a surf spot at Byron Bay, New South Wales, Aus ... in 1903. See also * '' The Fast Mail'', a 1922 American silent film {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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