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    The Rock Creek Railway, which operated independently from 1890 to 1895, was one of the first electric streetcar companies in Washington, D.C., and the...
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  • Rock Creek or Rockcreek may refer to: Rock Creek (California) Rock Creek (Fountain Creek tributary), Colorado Rock Creek (Idaho) Rock Creek (Kankakee...
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    of the first electric streetcar companies in Washington, D.C., the Rock Creek Railway was incorporated in 1888 and started operations in 1890. After expansion...
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    32.968347°N 96.808891°W / 32.968347; -96.808891 White Rock Creek is a 30 miles (48 km) creek occupying a chain of four sub-watersheds within the Trinity...
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    connected the town of Kensington to the northern terminus of the Rock Creek Railway (later, the Capital Traction Company) at Chevy Chase Lake. At its...
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    Montgomery County. Meanwhile, he acquired control of the nascent Rock Creek Railway, which had a charter to build a streetcar line in the District. Beginning...
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  • two major street railway companies in Washington, D.C., in the early 20th century. It was formed in 1895 when the Rock Creek Railway acquired the Washington...
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    coal-fired generators that powered the streetcars of the Land Company's Rock Creek Railway. The streetcar soon became vital to the community; it connected workers...
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    enable the development of these streetcar suburbs, he founded the Rock Creek Railway, which became one of the two major streetcar companies serving the...
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    Queensland Railways. Components of it include Stoney Creek Bridge, the Rail Bridge over Christmas Creek, Kuranda railway station, and Surprise Creek Rail Bridge...
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  • Rock Creek Railway, the trolley line built by the Chevy Chase Land Company to connect residents of its new suburb to Washington, D.C. The railway's terminal...
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    to the city center. In 1888, he acquired majority control of the Rock Creek Railway, which had obtained a charter to build one of D.C.'s first electric...
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    Street had depressed the value of their land. Later that year, the Rock Creek Railway opened electric streetcar service on a quarter-mile of track along...
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    mile west of Beemer. The railway water stop and original plats where the village of Beemer is now located were named "Rock Creek" before Beemer was incorporated...
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    Heights line (Capital Railway) and the Connecticut Avenue line in Chevy Chase (Rock Creek). At the same time, the Chesapeake Beach Railway and the Washington...
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    Rock Creek is a settlement in the Boundary Country region of south central British Columbia. The unincorporated settlement is mostly on the southwest side...
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  • Railway Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Rock Creek Railway Tennallytown and Rockville Railroad Washington and Georgetown Railroad...
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    National Capital Trolley Museum (category Street railway museums in the United States)
    preserve and interpret the history of the electric street and interurban railways of the National Capital region. NCTM was incorporated on January 4, 1961...
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    line up Penitencia Creek. The narrow-gauge route was replaced on 2 September 1913 by the standard gauge interurban Peninsular Railway running up Berryessa...
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    intersection with K-4. Rock Creek was established in 1857 and by the 1870s became a stop on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. In 1872, a post office...
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    The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway was a 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge railroad operating in the U.S. state of Colorado...
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    The Driving Creek Railway is a narrow gauge bush and mountain railway on the outskirts of the provincial town of Coromandel on the northwestern coast...
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    93639°N 77.06611°W / 38.93639; -77.06611 and bounded approximately by Rock Creek Park to the east, Wisconsin and Idaho Avenues to the west, Klingle and...
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    and is at the junction of the Main North railway line to Armidale and Moree. At the 2011 census, Werris Creek had a population of 1,437. The area was originally...
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    Stoney Creek Bridge is a Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) truss arch in southeastern British Columbia. This single-track crossing over Stoney Creek is in...
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    operates today. The old station building (ca. 1895) for the Rock Creek Railway and Kensington Railway streetcar lines was moved to Hyattstown from Chevy Chase...
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  • Research 3095 Wattle Glen 3096 Balee, the original name of the railway station Diamond Creek Upper, a former name Bend of Islands 3097 Christmas Hills 3775...
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  • Washington, D.C. The campus was 35 minutes from the city via the Rock Creek Railway, an electric trolley line. Its main building was originally constructed...
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    Triangle. Another development was creation of the Rock Creek Railway, which built a bridge crossing Rock Creek Park, and later merged with the Washington and...
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    granite markers placed near Pond Creek on the old Chisholm Trail. In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a branch line north–south from...
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