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.

The Effect of the Early Railroads

The Impact of Railroad Expansion

Confederate railroads in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

Rail strikes that changed America - The Washington Post

PRESENTING: the Chart That Killed America's Railway Era

Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing

From River to Rail: Georgia's Transportation History

Effect of Railroads on the United States

Looming rail strike would take a major toll on U.S. economy