Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Companies affiliated with the Long Island Rail Road, Companies affiliated with the Pennsylvania Railroad west of Pittsburgh, Companies affiliated with the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad, History of the Long Island Rail Road, Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railway, Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, Wabash Railroad, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Cumberland Valley Railroad, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway, West Jersey and Seashore Railroad, Baltimore and Potomac Railroad, Junction Railroad, Pennsylvania Company, New York Connecting Railroad, Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad, New York, Providence and Boston Railroad, New Castle and Frenchtown Turnpike and Railroad Company, New York and Long Branch Railroad, Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway, New York and Atlantic Railway, West Chester and Philadelphia Railroad, Middletown and Cincinnati Railroad, Chicago Union Station Company, Chester Creek Railroad, Southwark Railroad, Burlington and Mount Holly Railroad and Transportation Company. Excerpt: The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest U.S. railroad still operating under its original name and charter. The LIRR's history stretches back to the Brooklyn and Jamaica Rail Road, incorporated on April 25, 1832 to build from the East River in Brooklyn through the communities of Brooklyn, Bedford, and East New York to Jamaica. B&J engineer Major D. B. Douglass soon began planning for a continuation, forming part of an 11-hour combination rail and steamship route between New York City and Boston in cooperation with the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and Boston and...