Talk:Newport and Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company
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Did you know... that three decades after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, built their own railroad?
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Short description: Railroad in Rhode Island (1871–1909)
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The result was: promoted by Dying (talk) 14:42, 18 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
... that after chasing away surveyors for a previous railroad with guns, residents of Wickford, Rhode Island, eventually changed their minds and built their own railroad? Source: "Wickford Wants Reduced Fares". Manufacturers and Farmers Journal. Providence, Rhode Island. July 16, 1906. p. 12. [1]
From the Interstate Commerce Commission's Fourteenth Annual Report of the Statistics of Railways in the United States for the year ending June 30, 1901: the Newport and Wickford Railroad Company owned 3.4 miles of railroad line. This can be found on page 142, and it also says the same railroad operates 3.4 miles of railroad line, which implies no trackage rights. It also says there was no change from the previous year. Poor's 1894 Manual of Railroads, on page 26, says 3.4 miles for the year ended June 30, 1893. TwoScars (talk) 16:03, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Trainsandotherthings: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:37, 15 February 2023 (UTC)