The Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad was a plan for a railroad between Portland, Maine, and Chicago, Illinois, proposed as the first step of a transcontinental railroad. The plans were made by John A. Poor of Portland in the 1860s, but he died in 1871 before they could be finalized. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Portland, Rutland, Oswego and Chicago Railroad (Wikipedia)
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