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Camelback locomotive

The Camelback locomotive, also called a Mother Hubbard, was an American steam locomotive with the cab mounted astride the boiler ahead of a wide firebox.

Canadian National Railway

Canadian National Railway (CN), also known as CN Rail, is a Class I freight railway headquartered in Montréal with nearly 20,000 route-miles across Canada and the United States.

Canadian Northern Railway

The Canadian Northern Railway was a Canadian transcontinental railway built between 1896 and 1915 by William Mackenzie and Donald Mann, taken over by the federal government in 1917 as the core of Canadian National Railways.

Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway, also known as CP Rail, is a Canadian Class I freight railway incorporated in 1881 to build Canada's first transcontinental line, completed in 1885.

Canadian Pacific Railway Weston Shops

The Canadian Pacific Railway Weston Shops, built in Winnipeg in 1903–05, are CP's main heavy repair facility for locomotives and rolling stock, employing up to 3,000 tradesmen at their height.

Cant deficiency

Cant deficiency is the difference between the cant applied on a railway curve and the equilibrium cant for a faster train, limited by comfort and track forces.

Cantonment MRT station

Cantonment MRT station (CC31) is an underground Circle Line station in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore, opened on 12 July 2026, built 28 m beneath the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station.

Capitol Corridor

The Capitol Corridor, also called Amtrak Capitols, is a state-supported Amtrak rail service from San Jose through the East Bay to Sacramento and Auburn, begun in 1991.

Caracas Metro

The Caracas Metro (Metro de Caracas) is the rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela, which opened in 1983 and now carries about 1.2 million passengers daily.

Carajás Railway

The Carajás Railway (Estrada de Ferro Carajás, EFC) is a Brazilian railway operated by Vale that carries iron ore from Pará's Carajás mines to São Luís, Maranhão.

Carnforth MPD

Carnforth MPD is a former steam locomotive depot at Carnforth, Lancashire, built for the LMS from 1938 to 1944 and the last British Rail depot to close to steam, in August 1968.

Casey Jones

Casey Jones, born John Luther Jones, was an Illinois Central Railroad engineer who died in a 1900 train wreck at Vaughan, Mississippi, and became an American folk hero.

ČD Class 363

The ČD Class 363 (Czech: Lokomotivní řada 363), originally ČSD class ES 499.1, is a dual-system electric locomotive built by Škoda Plzeň in 1980–1990, running on both 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC.

Central line (London Underground)

The Central line is a deep-level London Underground line running from West Ruislip to Epping, marked red on the Tube map, and opened in 1900 as the Central London Railway.

Central Pacific Railroad

The Central Pacific Railroad, incorporated in California in 1861, built the western portion of the first transcontinental railroad from Sacramento, joining the Union Pacific at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869.

Central railway station, Sydney

Central railway station, also called Central Station or the Sydney Terminal, is the main railway terminus of Sydney, opened in 1906 and Australia's busiest transport interchange.

Central Railway zone

Central Railway is a zone of Indian Railways headquartered in Mumbai. Created on November 5, 1951, from the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, it runs five divisions across three states.

Centralized traffic control

Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a railroad signaling system in which a single dispatcher remotely operates switches and signals, authorizing train movements by signal indication alone since 1927.

České dráhy

České dráhy, commonly abbreviated ČD, is the Czech national railway carrier, a joint-stock company fully owned by the Czech Republic that also runs freight through ČD Cargo.

Charlapalli railway station (చర్లపల్లి రైల్వే స్టేషన్)

Charlapalli (CHZ, చర్లపల్లి), also Cherlapalli, is a South Central Railway terminal in Medchal-Malkajgiri, eastern Hyderabad, inaugurated 6 January 2025 at Rs 413 crore with 9 platforms to decongest Secunderabad, Hyderabad, and Kacheguda stations.

Chenab Rail Bridge

The Chenab Rail Bridge is a steel arch railway bridge over the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, India, the world's highest railway bridge at 359 m.

Chennai Central railway station

Chennai Central railway station, officially MGR Chennai Central and formerly Madras Central, is the main railway terminus of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, opened in 1873 and among India's busiest stations.

Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System

The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, or Chennai MRTS, is an elevated commuter rail line in Chennai, India, run by Southern Railway from Chennai Beach to Velachery.

Chennai Metro (சென்னை மெட்ரோ)

Chennai Metro (சென்னை மெட்ரோ) is a rapid transit system serving Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, opened in 2015 and operated by Chennai Metro Rail Limited, with a 118.9 km Phase 2 under construction.

Chennai Suburban Railway

The Chennai Suburban Railway is the commuter rail network of Chennai, India, operated by Southern Railway, with electric trains running to the city's northern, western, and southern suburbs.

Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed rail corridor

The Chennai–Bengaluru high-speed rail corridor is a proposed 306 km bullet train line in southern India, planned to link Chennai and Bengaluru in about 1 hour 13 minutes.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) was an American Class I railroad running from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to the Ohio River, later part of CSX.

Chessie System

Chessie System, Inc. was an American railroad holding company, incorporated in Virginia in 1973, owning the C&O, B&O, and Western Maryland railroads and forming CSX Corporation in 1980.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport - T2 metro station

CSMI Airport - T2, also called Airport Terminal 2 station, is an underground Mumbai Metro Line 3 station serving Terminal 2 of Mumbai's international airport.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus, is a historic railway terminus in Mumbai, India, headquarters of Central Railway, designed by Frederick William Stevens and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.