The Cobble Hill Tunnel ( popularly the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel ) of the Long Island Rail Road is an abandoned railroad tunnel beneath Atlantic Avenue in downtown Brooklyn, New York City.

The trail, which stretches and originates from Comstock Park, follows an abandoned railroad bed into the center of the city.

* 1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U. S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.

* Trail de Paris – multi-use recreational facility along abandoned railroad corridor

There has been a major effort to convert abandoned railroad grades to bike paths or multi-use paths.

It grows well along roads or railroad tracks, and in abandoned lots and other disturbed areas, where it is highly tolerant of most stress factors.

In the past the Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railroad passed through Sopchoppy on its route between Tallahassee and Carrabelle until its abandonment in 1948, while the Tallahassee Railroad, the first railroad in Florida, was abandoned by the Seaboard Coast Line in 1983.

The railroad has since been abandoned, but along the rail alignment remnants of the tracks can still be found — including as railroad ties.

His father, Rodolfo Chavez, worked for the railroad, and Julio grew up in an abandoned railroad car with his five sisters and four brothers.

At the crossing of an abandoned railroad line that is now the Henry Hudson Trail, the route entirely enters Matawan, continuing northwest through business areas as a four-lane road named Middlesex Street.

The tracks of the VAL were abandoned in 1975, as railroad freight traffic had declined.

Having surveyed the area in 1854 for a railroad company, John Pope returned in 1855 to start a camp in northwestern Loving County and establish artesian wells in the area, but the venture was unsuccessful and was abandoned in 1861.

With the arrival of the railroads, settlements such as Iuka and Guajoco were abandoned as inhabitants moved near the railroad tracks.

His father was a railroad porter who abandoned the family of six children ; the family was supported thereafter primarily by welfare and by relatives, due to his mother's infirmity.

The Central of Georgia would spin off a portion of their line from Hartford to Dothan to the Hartford & Slocomb railroad in 1953, which was later abandoned from Hartford to Taylors in 1992.

When the railroad was constructed from Needles, California to Kingman, Arizona, Hardyville was abandoned and became a ghost town.

Upon passing over the river, enters Mays Landing and turns north, encountering CR 617 before passing over an abandoned railroad line and heading into the downtown area of Mays Landing.

The railroad, however continued to be plagued by wash outs and within a few years, the rails south from Temecula to San Diego were abandoned.

The first Astor Bridge was built in 1926 ; by 1928, Astor's hotel had burned down and the railroad was abandoned, leaving Astor without telephone or telegraph service for the next few decades.

In addition there is an abandoned railroad spur owned by the Florida Midland Railroad that once led to Leesburg, but now runs along Sumter County Road 44A and was the home for some abandoned freight cars until some point in the first decade of the 21st Century.

The North Idaho Centennial Trail bike path cuts through the Riverstone complex alongside an abandoned railroad right of way.

* July 21 – The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad opens between St. John and La Prairie, Quebec, the first steam-worked passenger railroad in British North America.

With the railroad, parish towns began to develop along the north-south road ( La.

* Kirkwood / La Salle Station, railroad station in San Francisco, in the US state of California

Rochelle was named for La Rochelle, France by the daughter of a local railroad magnate in 1887.

At the same time, a new railroad line made La Plata attractive as a new county seat location.

When the railroad built a stop at La Plata, it began to lobby the legislature to move the county seat there, which was accomplished in 1895.

After failed attempts from buyers wanting to purchase the line and turn it into a shortline railroad, work began on tearing down the railroad from Moberly, MO northward toward La Plata, MO where it has a connection with the BNSF Railway and from Moulton, IA southward toward La Plata, MO.

Although La Russell itself was founded in 1903 because of the railroad, early settlers at this location were among the first in the county dating back to the 1830s.

The city of La Russell, Missouri expanded as a railroad stop for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad in 1905, at the coming of the White River line.

The establishment of the railroad resulted in the founding of Alamogordo in 1898 just a few miles south of La Luz.

Eddy's partner and lawyer for the railroad, William Ashton Hawkins, established a farm and large home which still stands in La Luz.

Due to the Thomas and Ruckle Road going through Union, it elected the county seat in 1872, but when the railroad was built it was put through La Grande instead of Union.

La Kemp was renamed Booker in honor of one of the engineers for the railroad.

** La Paz ( B & O ), a railroad car built for the B & O Railroad

* La Paz ( B & O ) a historic railroad car

In return, Chile agreed to build the Arica-La Paz railway, a railroad connecting the capital city of La Paz, Bolivia with the port of Arica, and Chile guaranteed freedom of transit for Bolivian commerce through Chilean ports and territory.

As governor, La Follette championed numerous progressive reforms, including the first workers ' compensation system, railroad rate reform, direct legislation, municipal home rule, open government, the minimum wage, non-partisan elections, the open primary system, direct election of U. S. Senators, women's suffrage, and progressive taxation.

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In the 1920s, Parisian businessman Louis Lajarrige designed the very successful Bois d ' Amour district at La Baule-les-Pins and formed an agreement with the railroad company to move the rails away from the seaside to ensure a direct access to the beach.

Construction continued on through La Salle, and Rock Island was reached on February 22, 1854, becoming the first railroad to connect Chicago with the Mississippi River.