Railroad Building
The steam locomotive revolutionized transportation in the 19th century, and by the 1850s train tracks seemed to be going everywhere. Railroads were established throughout Europe, and the United States was also being crossed by train tracks. By the end of the 1860s both coasts of North America had been linked by rail, and there was soon talk of putting railroads under American cities.
The Transcontinental Railroad
PBS hosts this informative companion site to an American Experience program on the transcontinental railroad.
PBS hosts this informative companion site to an American Experience program on the transcontinental railroad.
Railroad Maps, 1828-1900
The stunning collection of railroad maps at the Library of Congress documents the spread of the railroad throughout the 1800s. The page on the History of Railroads and Maps is highly informative.
The stunning collection of railroad maps at the Library of Congress documents the spread of the railroad throughout the 1800s. The page on the History of Railroads and Maps is highly informative.