4-606: The Flint River Railroad is a defunct railroad. It was established on December 6, 1871, to construct a 14.4-mile (23.2 km) branch from Horton to Otter Lake to support the logging industry in the Flint River area. This line was opened on October 8, 1872, and the company was consolidated with the Flint and Pere Marquette Railroad (F&PM). In 1881 the F&;PM extended this line 5.2 miles (8.4 km) to Fostoria . The successor to
8-668: A form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail infrastructure . An example is the term railroad , used (but not exclusively) in North America , and railway , generally used in English-speaking countries outside North America and by
12-720: The International Union of Railways . In English-speaking countries outside the United Kingdom, a mixture of US and UK terms may exist. Various terms, both global and specific to individual countries, are listed here. The abbreviation "UIC" refers to terminology adopted by the International Union of Railways in its official publications and thesaurus. Also Centering spring cylinder . Also Railway air brake . Also Main Reservoir and Reservoir . Also see Reverser handle . A metal casting incorporating
16-508: The F&PM, the Pere Marquette Railway , abandoned the segment between Fostoria and Otisville , a distance of 9.8 miles (15.8 km), in 1933. The C&O abandoned the remainder in 1972. A section of the line is now operated by the heritage Huckleberry Railroad . This United States railway company-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Railway line Rail transport terms are
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