Union Railroad

The following railroads have been named Union Railroad or Union Railway, usually because they connected or merged several other railroads. See joint railway for the concept of a railroad owned by more than one company.

Freight carriers
  • Union Railroad (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), 1889-present
  • Union Railroad (Illinois), 1852-1881, predecessor of the Michigan Central Railroad (New York Central system)
  • Union Railroad of Baltimore (Maryland), 1866-1976, predecessor of the Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Union Railroad (Massachusetts freight railway), 1848-1854, predecessor of the Boston and Albany Railroad (New York Central system)
  • Union Freight Railroad, 1872-1970, part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad system in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Union Railroad (Onondaga County, New York), 1856-1858, predecessor of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
  • Union Railroad (Rockland County, New York), 1851-1946, predecessor of the Erie Railroad
  • Union Railroad (Ohio), 1858-1860, predecessor of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
  • Union Railroad of Oregon, 1927-1993
    • Union Railway (Oregon), 1890-1906, predecessor of the above
  • Union Railway (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 1883-1888, belt line
  • Union Railway (Memphis, Tennessee), belt line
Street railways
  • Union Railway (Bronx) in New York City
  • Union Railroad (Brooklyn) in New York City
  • Union Railroad (Massachusetts street railway) in the Boston area
  • Union Railroad (Missouri) in St. Louis
  • Union Railway (Missouri) in St. Joseph
  • Union Railway (Pennsylvania) in Chester
  • Union Railroad (Rhode Island) in Providence
  • Union Railroad (Washington) in Washington, D.C.

The following railroads had Union Railroad or Union Railway in their names:

  • Attalla Union Railway, street railway in Gadsden, Alabama
  • Baltimore Coal and Union Railroad, part of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad system
  • Binghamton, Lestershire and Union Railroad, a street railway between Binghamton, New York and Union, New York, now a part of Endicott, New York.
  • Chattanooga Union Railway, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  • Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1), Kent, England
  • Dayton and Union Railroad, Union City, Indiana to Dodson, Ohio
  • Dayton Union Railway, Dayton, Ohio
  • Delaware River and Union Railroad, Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, owned by Sun Oil
  • Des Moines Union Railway, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Detroit Union Railroad Depot and Station Company, Detroit, Michigan
  • Fort Wayne Union Railway, Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • Fremont, Lima and Union Railway, Fremont, Ohio to Rushville, Indiana via Union City, Indiana
  • Gadsden and Attala Union Railroad, street railway in Gadsden, Alabama
  • Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, Chicago to Clinton, Iowa
  • Indianapolis Union Railway, belt line around Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Jacques Cartier Union Railway
  • Kentucky Union Railway, Lexington to Jackson, Kentucky
  • Lafayette Union Railroad
  • Minneapolis Union Railway, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Montana Union Railway, Butte to Garrison, Montana
  • Northwestern Union Railroad, Milwaukee to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
  • Ogden Union Railway and Depot, Ogden, Utah
  • Peoria and Pekin Union Railway, Pekin to Peoria, Illinois
  • Portland Union Railway Station, Portland, Maine
  • Rock River Valley Union Railroad, state line to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
  • Spartanburg and Union Railroad, Alston to Spartanburg, South Carolina
  • State Line and Union Railroad, Genoa, Illinois to Columbus, Wisconsin
  • Troy Union Railroad and Depot, Troy, New York
  • Tulsa-Sapulpa Union Railway
  • Union Pacific Railroad, the largest railroad in the United States
  • Union Railroad Transfer and Stock Yards Company, a belt line around Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Union Railway and Terminal Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Union Railway and Transit Company, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Western Union Railroad, Racine, Wisconsin to Savannah and Port Byron
  • Wisconsin Union Railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Illinois state line

Famous quotes containing the words union and/or railroad:

    She had brought love to the union and he had brought a longing after the flesh.
    Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    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)