Rail tracks

In the year of 1861, in the midst of America’s Civil War, Congress authorized one of the most ambitious projects that the country had ever envisioned: the construction of a transcontinental railroad. At one end of this immensely long railroad system which was planned to be over 1,700 miles long __ was the Central Pacific Railroad which stretched across the lands of California, the harsh granite walls of the Sierra Nevada and onwards to connect with the Union Pacific in Utah. Through my research…

THE HISTORY OF THE ALCAN HIGHWAY The idea of laying a roadway to connect the United States with the North American continent’s ‘far north’ can be traced all the way back to the Yukon gold rushes of the 1890’s. It wasn’t till about the 1930’s that they started putting the idea into effect. The Alaska territorial legislature commission worked out different possibilities and routes. It took the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to finally get the work started which is kind of unfortunate. When…

The Ironton Train Depot, completed in 1907, was used by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company for both passenger and freight trains until it closed in 1969. Almost a decade later, the depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Since then, the 5,000-square foot building has housed a number of restaurants, including its current tenant, “The Depot.” The Norfolk and Western Railway originally connected Petersburg, Virginia with City Point (now-called Hopewell), Virginia and was…

em began to be created. Many people did not believe that the railway would work. However, over time, railways have become the most popular form of land transportation in the United States. The railroad system improved and facilitated the movement of people and goods between farms, small and large cities. The development of railroads and railways changed and improved people's lives. Railways have helped many sectors of the country's economy, including agriculture. The farmers had a new way of…

The Underground Railroad was a network of people during the 19th century who aided in the escape of enslaved African Americans from the south safely make their way to the northern states or Canada. It consisted of predominantly free slaves, abolitionists, and many whites. Slaves were smuggled into the northern states either through false “free papers” to board a boat or train or by being shipped in freights. The Underground Railroad was not underground or an actual railroad, it received its name…

Two British examples of old, antique railway structures built prior to 1840, a tunnel and a bridge, now have protected status. This is thanks to a recent decision in the country by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. In 2014, the Guinness Book of Records named the Fritchely Tunnel one of the globe’s oldest railroad tunnels still left in existence. Built in 1793, the Fritchley Tunnel is 25 meters long and is constructed of sandstone blocks. It was built to be a section of the Butterley…

how “high speed rail can run on 100% renewable energy.” This helps California’s economy from saving the emissions produced in the air by air planes going up and down the coast of the state (remember there is approximately 3 million flights yearly). Using renewable energy is also a huge plus on the economical point of view. This illustrates that the state is thinking greener, more on helping the environment rather than destroying the communities around us. “By 2030, high speed rail will reduce…

example can be traced back in the year 2000, when a wheel-climb derailment occurred on the Hibiya subway track in Tokyo (National n.p). This particular accident prompted quick action from the RTRI who began more studies to gain more knowledge concerning wheel-climb derailments. The studies yielded that such derailments are as a result of various circumstances which include, high degree lateral track distortion, high derailment coefficient and a high reduction in wheel…

He also postulates that as for "IT spurred industry transformations, most of the ones that are going to happen have likely already happened or are in the process of happening." Although industry and markets will continue to evolve and some will still undergo fundamental changes, Carr suggests that the buildout of IT is "much closer to its end than its beginning." To support his position, Carr states that: IT's power is outstripping most of the business needs it fulfills; the price of…

lead to the improvement in the standard of living among working people. Now with this new class, population started to increase, and with that a need to improve transportation. Subway rails would be the first new technology to come from the industrial revolution. The first subway trains or similar underground rail systems were opened in the 1860 's. This greatly improved travel speed in cities. The first flight would eventually be developed at the start of the 20th century and the first…