Effect of Railroads on the United States

Learn more about American rail history and how railroads had a huge impact on the development of the U.S.—economically, socially, and politically.

Why Congress is intervening in a labor dispute between railway

Cultural Impact - The Transcontinental Railroad

Exhibit sheds light on railways' discriminatory history

Railroads - New Georgia Encyclopedia

How Trains 'Railroaded' The American Economy : NPR

Transcontinental Railroad Definition, Importance & History

The Effect of the Early Railroads

Zap! American Railroads Go Electric

American Rail Network, 1861 The Geography of Transport Systems

Effects of Transportation on the Economy

Railroads' Strategy Thrilled Wall Street, but Not Customers and

Railroads of the Confederacy

How the U.S. Rail System Works