High-speed rail

Fall 2015 History is often only taught but never questioned because of the impossibility to change what has already happened. However, Richard White, the author of “Railroaded” does exactly that, questions transcontinental life in the Gilded Age. White is a well-respected historian and professor from Stanford University who, during the 2007-2008 recession, was inspired to write about the strangely-familiar recessions of our nations past. This book provides great insight regarding the idea of…

Westward Expansion jr. Intro Westward expansion was known as one of the greatest times of America. I will go over what made it easier to get there. What people, really needed to be there. Also, many EEEVIL, acts in presidency. Westward Expansion Immigrants in the transcontinental railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was very important, but who made it important? The Transcontinental Railroad started being made in 1862. The Central Pacific railroad company laid track eastward from…

with non-revenue trains, this was the first passenger train to use Amtrak’s new inland Cascades Line. Though the reason for the crash has not been determined, officials have said that speed was a major factor. At the time of the incident, the train was travelling at 80 miles per hour, well above the 30 mile per hour speed limit on the bridge. Furthermore, data from the train’s data recorder reported that the emergency brake was never manually activated, indicating that the train engineer made no…

The needs of the railroad generated hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Rails had to be manufactured out of steel, which enriched the steel industry. Railroad companies not only employed workmen to build the rails, but they also had to hire employees to maintain the rails. Engines and train cars were constructed out of steel in factories. Engine boilers burned coat, thus lead to an increase the quantity of coal that was…

it did for anyone to get around to building the transcontinental railroad was that, for the longest time, no one was sure how to pay for it. The railroad system as it was in 1859 had been built for about $1 billion already. Completing the national rail network would run up another $10 billion which was money no one had or willing to give up. Many Americans in the mid-nineteenth century seemed to believe that a transcontinental railroad was a necessity in order for the United States to prosper.…

States reached fifteen miles per hour and it carried thirty people. By 1840, railroad tracks in the United States reached almost three thousand miles. Iron rails were developed instead of wood and helped to carry the weight of large, steam powered locomotives. Other changes helped the growth of railroads between 1840 and 1860 including T-shaped rails that…

19th century. This growth in railroads affected how goods were shipped to how people go from place to place. This led to the prices of many good to become lower than before the railroads. Vanderbilt would ship many goods across his railroads. His rails connected large cities such as New York city to Chicago. Shipping on railroads was fast and cheap because of competing railroads. Vanderbilt would charge cheaper fairs so more people would ship with his railroad driving other business to go…

Eastern Shore had multiple early rail lines pioneering through it during the primitive days of railroad technology. These railroads are not as well-known on a larger scale due to their small size and limited access routes. These railroads were adequate transportation for the time, area, and niche where they were used. However, newer, more effective railroads such as the Eastern Shore Railroad (ESR) would await their conception and construction. Initially, small rail lines ventured into…

Trains are very nice way of transportation and can also be a safe way of transportation, that's if we follow the rules. Waiting for a train to pass by may take just a minute or two. If we are so impatient just to cross the railroad while a train is coming that is just pure ignorance. Why would we cross a railroad while a train is coming just to save a few minutes when you are also risking your own life, all just for a few minutes. When the signs that a train is coming and the railroad barricades…

Sonora Gillespie Dr. Michael Perri History 1302 6 May 2015 Transformation of the Nation The transcontinental railroad network transformed post-Civil War America into a booming industry. The nation was finally physically bound from coast to coast. The railroad touched numerous phases of American life. It became America’s largest business. It employed thousands of people and made many things possible that could not be done before and of course it made things that could be done before a lot faster…