Street Railroad

• Main Break Shuts Down High Street, Railroad

AUBURN -- An early morning water main break had crews scrambling Monday morning, working to reopen High Street at Minot Avenue and the Maine Central Railroad. Auburn Water District Superintendent John Storer said the water leak was discovered about 3:50 a.m. Monday in an eight inch water line under High Street at the Minot Avenue intersection. Crews are still investigating to determine what failed.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• December 28, 2010

• Market Street R. Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal., 324 U.S. 548 (1945)

U.S. Supreme Court MARKET ST. RY. CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION, 324 U.S. 548 (1945) 324 U.S. 548 MARKET ST. RY. CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF STAT...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Fate of Market Street Railroad Bridge Before Aldermen

BLOOMINGTON - It may not be worth the estimated $12 million cost to the city to expand the circa 1889 railroad bridge over Market Street. At its meeting today, the Bloomington City Council will be asked to review the project and decide whether the city should work with the Union Pacific Railroad.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• November 25, 2010

• Crime Report

Abandoned Vehicle North Capital Street/Railroad Avenue, 8:59 a.m. April 2, citizen called SPD to advised that person(s) unknown abandoned a vehicle in the ditch at corner.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• April 11, 2011

• Safety Zone for Recovery Operations for East Jefferson Street Train Derailment, Mantua Creek; Paulsboro, NJ

The Coast Guard is establishing a safety zone one mile north and one mile south of the East Jefferson Street Railroad Bridge, Mantua Creek, Paulsboro, New Jersey, due to a train derailment resulting in the release of hazardous materials into Mantua Creek and the surrounding air. This regulation is necessary to provide for the safety of life on the navigable waters of the Mantua Creek. This safety zone is intended to restrict vessel traffic movement to protect mariners from the hazards associated with an ongoing recovery operation to remove the derailed train cars and address hazardous material release.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 74784, December 18, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Homeland Security Department

• Street Railroad

A railway that is constructed upon a thoroughfare or highway to aid in the transportation of people or property along the roadway...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Sar–Ten

• Local consent required for grant of street railroad right

• South Dakota Constitution

• Railroad Street Closed

RUMFORD - Motorists who like to take a shortcut between downtown and Route 108 via Railroad Street can no longer do so. A section of the street has been closed to the public, with signs near Veterans Bridge announcing that the area is private property.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• November 29, 2007

• Historic 25th Street--Ogden's Main Street--Rises From Iniquity to a Bustling Retail, Restaurant Boulevard

While the three-block area between Washington and Wall avenues has always been 25th Street, through the decades it earned many notable nicknames - Brownsville, based on the type of buildings built along the street; Junction City, due to its connection with the railroad, with 25th Street ending at the Union Station; Little Chicago, during the Prohibition years in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, when underground life in the city's rumored tunnels ruled the area; and Two-Bit Street, when the area turned into the city's red light district in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, Historic 25th Street boasts an eclectic row of restaurants and bakeries, coffee shops, antique stores and art galleries intermingled with a handful of bars, hair salons and old-fashioned barbershops, a comedy club and a variety ...

• The Enterprise, (Salt Lake City)
• August 28, 2009

• Road Work to Close Part of Railroad Street in South Huntingdon Township

A section of Railroad Street in Jacobs Creek, South Huntingdon Township, will remain closed until Friday. The closure is necessary while CSX crews remove and replace the crossing surface on Railroad Street.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• November 24, 2009