Western Railroad

The following railroads have been known as Western Railroad or Western Railway:

  • Western Railroad (Texas) of New Braunfels
  • Western Railroad of Alabama
  • Western Railway of Alabama
  • Western Railway of Arizona
  • Western Railway of Florida
  • Western Railroad (Massachusetts), 1833-1867, predecessor of the Boston and Albany Railroad
  • Western Railroad of Minnesota
  • Western Railroad (North Carolina), 1852-1879, predecessor of the Southern Railway
  • Rutland Railway
  • Western Railway Zone (India)
  • West railway of Austria
  • Western Railways and Light Company (a holding company for street railways in the U.S. Midwest)

Famous quotes containing the words western and/or railroad:

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    —Octavio Paz (b. 1914)

    “I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say—I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”
    —Harriet Tubman (1821–1913)