Short Line

Short line or Short Line can refer to:

  • Short-line railroad, an independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance
    • Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the popular board game Monopoly, probably named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.
  • Short Line (bus company), also known as ShortLine, a bus operator in New York State, United States
  • Short Line Reading Series, a popular Vancouver literary event presented by Memewar Magazine
  • The Short Line, a section of railroad track owned by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad between Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
    • Short Line Bridge, part of the track over the Mississippi River
    • "Short Line Road", now known as Ayd Mill Road, a parallel highway
  • Short Line Subdivision (Ohio), a belt line around Cleveland, Ohio, now owned by CSX

Famous quotes containing the words short and/or line:

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    “I said: “A line will take us hours maybe;
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