National Transcontinental Railway (7677 bytes)
2: ...rald.png|center|]]<br>''National Transcontinental Railway logo or '''herald'''''
5: ...s a historic [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Rail transport|railway]].
7: ==Second Transcontinental==
8: ...s), led to increasing western discontent with the railway and federal transportation policies.
10: ...the GTR was willing to consider building a second transcontinental system for the country - provided it received gov...

Canadian National Railway (25250 bytes)
2: ...CN_herald.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Canadian National Railway logo or ''herald'' (used post-1960)]]
3: ...ys_herald.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Canadian National Railways logo or ''herald'' (used pre-1960)]]
4: ...humb|290px|right|Network Map of Canadian National Railway]]
6: ...d currently Canada's only true [[transcontinental railway]], spanning from [[Nova Scotia]] to [[British Col...
8: ==Canadian Railway Industry in Crisis==

National Railway Museum (1850 bytes)
2: ...[York, England|York]] forms part of the British [[National Museum of Science and Industry]].
4: ...next to the [[East Coast Main Line]], near [[York railway station]]. The permanent display includes "Palace...
6: ...s Collection located in [[Clapham]], and the York Railway Museum located elsewhere in the city, since when ...
8: ...e NRM by the [[West Japan Railway Company|JR West railway]] company in [[2001]] and which now forms part of...
11: *[[List of British railway museums]]

First Transcontinental Railroad (14801 bytes)
1: [[Image:TranscontinentalPoster.jpeg|right|thumb|200px|Poster announcing ra...
2: The '''First Transcontinental Railroad''' was a [[transcontinental railroad]] in [[North America]] that was finished...
4: ...ry]] [[United States]]. The establishment of this transcontinental railroad would quickly end the romantic, yet far ...
6: ...as completed in 1912; the first [[Adelaide-Darwin_Railway|north-south trans-Australia]] line was completed ...
18: ...dah]] is considered to be the father of the First Transcontinental Railroad, [[Asa Whitney]] made what some consider...

Transcontinental railroad (2281 bytes)
1: A '''transcontinental railroad''' is a [[railway]] across a significant portion of a [[continent]]...
4: ... first transcontinental railroad was the [[Panama Railway]], completed in [[1855]], near the narrowest poin...
5: ...acific]] and [[Central Pacific Railroad]]s. Other transcontinental railroads followed, of which the [[Great Northern...
6: ...transcontinental railway to this day and the only railway north of [[Mexico]] to stretch from the shores of...
7: ...ranscontinental railroad was the [[Trans-Siberian railway]] (with connecting lines in Europe), completed in...

Transcontinental air speed record (614 bytes)
1: ==Transcontinental air speed record==
6: ==Junior transcontinental air speed record==
14: ==Women's transcontinental air speed record==

E and N Railway (6731 bytes)
1: {{Railroad|railroad_name=E and N Railway|logo_filename=RailAmerica logo.png|railroad_abbr=...
2: ...996]], it was called the '''Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway'''. It then spent three years as '''E and N Railf...
4: Despite the name, the railway goes beyond the historical termini of [[Esquimalt...
9: ...d associates incorporated the Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway.
11: ...ritish Columbia|Courtenay]] in [[1914]]. The E&N Railway was originally to have been built all the way to ...

One (railway) (2455 bytes)
5: ...he Greater Anglia network. 'one' is part of the [[National Express Group]].
7: ...vious separate train operating companies [[Anglia Railways]], [[First Great Eastern]] and [[WAGN]]. The com...
12: ...ve is owned by [[Cotswold Rail]] but hired to One Railway. Over the summer of 2004, it was used extensively...
27: *[http://www.onerailway.co.uk one railway]
28: [[Category:British railway companies]]

AN Railway (1569 bytes)
1: {{Railroad|railroad_name=AN Railway|logo_filename=Rail Management Corporation.jpg|rai...
3: The '''AN Railway, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]''' is one of s...
20: [[Category:Railway companies of the United States]]

Western Railway (4485 bytes)
1: ...ern Railway''' is one of the 16 zones of [[Indian Railways]], and is among the busiest [[railroad]] network...
3: Major cities in Western Railway Route A include Mumbai Central, [[Valsad]], [[Sur...
9: ...[[Gujarat]] state on the west coast. In 1864, the railway was extended to [[Mumbai]].
11: ...erating in Mumbai in 1853. In 1883, a meter gauge railway system, initially linking Delhi with Agra, Jaipur...
15: ...htra Railway]] in 1948. The [[Jodhpur and Bikaner Railway]] was taken over by [[Rajasthan]] state in 1949, ...

Railway platform (8062 bytes)
1: A '''railway platform''' is a section of pathway, alongside [[...
45: ...of all tracks, [[Railroad switch|switches]] and [[railway platform|platforms]] in the [[Netherlands]]: http...

Forth Bridge (railway) (4415 bytes)
6: The '''Forth Bridge''' is a [[railway]] [[bridge]] over the [[Firth of Forth]] in the e...

The Railway Series (1484 bytes)
1: ...'''' was a set of story books about a fictional [[railway]] located on the fictional [[Sodor and Man|Island...
3: ...arity, a book was published, known as the ''Three Railway Engines'', which featured ''[[Edward the Blue Eng...
8: ..._complete_railway_series.pdf List of books in The Railway Series]
10: [[Category:British children's literature|Railway Series, The]]
11: [[Category:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends|Railway Series, The]]

Cog railway (5481 bytes)
1: ...ck Closeup.jpg|thumb|300px|The rack rail on a cog railway.]]
2: ...'''rack-and-pinion [[railway]]''' is a [[mountain railway]] with a special centre [[traction rail|rack rail...
11: ...out of the rack. It is used on the Mount Pilatus railway.
13: The vast majority of cog railways use the Abt system.
15: ...est sections and elsewhere operate like a regular railway. Others are rack-only. On the latter type, the ...

The Railway Children (1801 bytes)
1: '''''The Railway Children''''' is a children's book by [[Edith Nes...
5: ...nd amusement in watching the trains on the nearby railway line and waving to the passengers. They become f...
8: ...a great success. The [[Keighley and Worth Valley Railway]] and its station at [[Oakworth]] were used as lo...
15: * {{gutenberg|no=1874|name=The Railway Children}}
20: [[Category:1906 books|Railway Children]]

Carpet Railway (1369 bytes)
1: ... very popular [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[model railway]] [[toy]]s.

Mountain railway (2489 bytes)
1: ...tive]]s to haul themselves up the rail. Mountain railways commonly have a [[narrow gauge]] to allow for ti...
3: ...small>%)for practical operations. While ordinary railway locomotives can operate on grades as steep as 1 i...
7: ==List of mountain railways==
10: *[[Cairngorm Mountain Railway]]
13: *[[Snowdon Mountain Railway]]

Heritage railway (2010 bytes)
1: ...[Bishops Lydeard]] station on the [[West Somerset Railway]], [[Somerset]], [[England]].]]
2: ... always run by volunteers, and seeks to re-create railway scenes of the past. They may be operated in conc...
4: ...ay lines which were once run as proper commercial railways, but were later no longer needed, or were closed...
6: Typically a heritage railway will use steam [[locomotive]]s and old-fashioned ...
8: ...[[Beeching Axe]], and British people's liking for railways.

UK railway stations - L (40318 bytes)
1: {{UKrailwaystations}}
129: | [[Leamington Spa railway station|Leamington Spa]]
145: | [[Lee railway station|Lee (London)]]
213: | [[Leyton Midland Road railway station|Leyton Midland Road]]
217: | [[Leytonstone High Road railway station|Leytonstone High Road]]

Railway gun (888 bytes)
1: ...signed to be placed on [[rail tracks]]. The first railway guns of record were constructed and used during t...
3: Railway guns have been largely rendered obsolete by advan...
10: [[Category:Railway guns| ]]

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