User:NE2/first railroad by state


 * Alabama: Tuscumbia Railway
 * Alaska: White Pass and Yukon Route (1899)?
 * Arizona: Southern Pacific Railroad (1877)
 * Or maybe Coronado Railroad (1878?)
 * Arkansas: Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad, 6 mi from Eunice (1853)
 * California: Sacramento Valley Railroad
 * Colorado: Denver Pacific Railway, Cheyenne to Denver (completed 1870)
 * Connecticut:
 * Delaware: New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad (1831)
 * District of Columbia:
 * Florida: Tallahassee Railroad
 * Georgia:
 * Hawaii: Oahu Railway and Land Company (1889)?
 * Idaho: Utah Northern Railroad
 * Illinois:
 * Indiana: Lawrenceburgh and Indianapolis Railroad (1834)
 * Iowa:
 * Kansas: Elwood and Marysville Railroad (1860)
 * Kentucky: Lexington and Ohio Railroad (1833)
 * Louisiana: Pontchartrain Railroad (1831)
 * Maine: Bangor and Piscataquis Canal and Railroad Company (1836)
 * Maryland: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1830)
 * Massachusetts: Granite Railway (1826)
 * First common carrier: Boston and Worcester Railroad (1832)
 * Michigan: Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad (1836)
 * Minnesota: St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (1862)
 * Mississippi:
 * Missouri: Independence and Missouri River Railroad, Independence to Missouri River (1849; closed soon after)
 * Montana: Utah and Northern Railway (1880)
 * Nebraska: Union Pacific Railroad?
 * Nevada:
 * New Hampshire: Nashua and Lowell Railroad (1838)
 * New Jersey: Camden and Amboy Railroad (1832)
 * New Mexico: New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad at Raton Pass (1879)
 * New York: Mohawk and Hudson Railroad (1831)
 * North Carolina: Wilmington and Weldon Railroad (1836)
 * North Dakota: Northern Pacific Railroad at Fargo (1872)
 * Ohio: Cleveland and Newburgh Railway (1835)
 * Oklahoma: Union Pacific Railway, Southern Branch (1871)?
 * Oregon: Abernethy's Island (ca. 1846)
 * Pennsylvania: Leiper Railroad (1809)
 * Puerto Rico:
 * Rhode Island: Boston and Providence Railroad (1835) - but its original line was not in Rhode Island until 1862
 * South Carolina: South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company (1830)
 * South Dakota: Dakota Southern Railroad at North Sioux City (1872)
 * Tennessee:
 * Texas: Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway, Harrisburg to Stafford (1853)
 * Utah:
 * Vermont:
 * Virginia: Falling's Creek (ca. 1811)
 * First common carrier: Chesterfield Railroad (1831)
 * Washington:
 * West Virginia:
 * Wisconsin:
 * Wyoming: Union Pacific Railroad (1867)