The United States Maritime Commission searched and found obsolete New York City "El" elevated cars awaiting scrap.
Canadian Pacific Railway | Great Western Railway | Shanghai Railway Bureau | Canadian National Railway | Midland Railway | Grand Trunk Railway | London and North Western Railway | Northern Pacific Railway | London, Midland and Scottish Railway | Great Central Railway | Riccarton Junction railway station | Border Union Railway | Border Counties Railway | London King's Cross railway station | Great Eastern Railway | Southern Railway | BNSF Railway | London and North Eastern Railway | shipyard | Central railway station, Sydney | Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | Euston railway station | St Pancras railway station | Amsterdam Centraal railway station | Luxembourg railway station | heritage railway | Trans-Siberian Railway | Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway | Edinburgh Waverley railway station | Perth railway station |
During World War II, a group of old New York elevated line cars dating from the late 19th century was sent west to the San Francisco Bay Area by the United States Maritime Commission for use by the Shipyard Railway, a temporary wartime electric line transporting workers to the Kaiser Shipyards.