Are Railroads Necessary For Improvement Of Transportation?

The article, “Creating the System: Railroads and the Modern Corporation”, informs us all about the development of the transcontinental railroad and how it helped drive the nation west and also transformed western North America into a economy that had many opportunities. The railroads have always interested me when it comes to this period of time. What I learned from the reading that I didn’t know before was that the Western railroads were primary carriers of grain, other agricultural produce, livestock, coal, lumber and minerals. Also seeing the prices that the farmers shipped their products for, and what they paid for the freights rates was very interesting. Overall, if the railroads wouldn’t have been built in a time when there was so little

By the 1860’s railways were being hailed as an answer to economic problems. Those people in the Maritimes who supported Confederation argued that a transcontinental railway would improve among the colonies and would also help to unify the country. Goods could be moved much

The Transcontinental railroad purpose of being built was to cause positive things to happen in the US and positive things did result from the railroad. For example, westward expansion increased because of the railroad. One reason why western expansion increased because of the railroad was that travelers finally found a use for the Great Plains like how they found “millions of acres of fertile soil, land for cattle, and a land of opportunity even larger than the Lone Star State”(Doc 1). Because people found these uses of The Great Plains, people started to move rapidly west to take ahold of these opportunities. This was a positive for the US because now more people are moving west increasing westward expansion, starting businesses, and are farming in the Great Plains which helped boost the US economy. Another reason why westward expansion increased because of the railroad is there was land in the west and after the railroad was built it was for sale for very cheap prices (Doc 5). This was a positive because with more land for cheap price people started moving west but it also is creating more space for people to live and during this time many immigrants from many countries are coming to the United States looking for opportunities and the more people that came to the United States the more space they needed because they needed somewhere to live. So now that they have more land more people are able to settle in the United States in the west for cheap low prices.

The railways became an important system that guided settlement and delivered economic opportunity for much of the United States. Railroads allowed access to places that people had no means of getting to and provided an opportunity to develop cities and towns

Established in 1842, the US House & Senate Committees have looked back at the railroad and used it to advance the ways and means of transporting goods, supplies, mail, and people. Look at what it has done; it has served as an artery, moving what is needed throughout the entire nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific. From giving jobs to those minority groups and once former slaves after the Civil War, throwing the stock market and economy left and right, assisting Abraham Lincoln in winning elections and also winning the Civil War, helping rebuild the South and the nation’s economy from the bottom up during the reconstruction era, taming the Wild West (which has a major direct influence on the American Government System), serving as one of the best ways of getting mail to citizens across the US, and expanding intercontinental trade to have its own manifest destiny. This railroad had a significant affect in the growth of this nation and its government. It’s relationship and way it impacts the government is a result from multiple chain reactions that originated from the 1860s, 70s, 80s, etc. and I strongly believe, after all of my research, that our nations governmental system would be many decades behind if it wasn’t for the transcontinental

I see the many benefits that this railroad brings; I can see why you introduced the bill. The benefits are great. It would be easier to get supplies, and selling commodities would be very easy and inexpensive. My wife’s family from New York can come and visit, the many benefits the transcontinental railroads brings, I agree with you that much.

“Before the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, it cost nearly $1,000 dollars to travel across the country. After the railroad was completed, the price dropped to $150 dollars.”(History.com Staff). Prior to the railroad the average citizen of America could not afford to travel across the country cheaply. America waited for a means of transportation which would connect them from the Western to Eastern states. The responsibility of creating the railroads were left up to construction companies. Once this invention was created, traveling became quick, easy and affordable. The Transcontinental Railroad could be defined as the most significant change in America, during the 19th Century.

Since it is much cheaper to ship goods now with railroads that means we can ship more goods at lower costs. This really benefits the US economy by helping us to distribute goods around the country. Also, now we can distribute goods faster which is a major advantage regarding trade with foreign countries.

The Transcontinental Railroad was one of the most ambitious engineering projects, economic stimulants, and efficient methods of transportation in the early United States. If completed, the United States would be truly be united from east to west. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Transcontinental Railroad helped develop new opportunities for many aspects of American life.

Railroads became extremely popular in America in the 1800’s. The railroad industry itself began to boom; it was supported by its reputation for speed and efficiency. But, along with the booming industry of railroads came the strong debate that

The main reason for the transcontinental railroads to be built was to bring the east and west together. The building of these railroads caused huge economic growth throughout the United States. The railroad created opportunities for everyone across the US.

Railroads have learned that technical innovations improve safety and efficiency. In times of war and peace these qualities have been relied on by many countries. Trains have impacted many areas of life. Trains were used to carry out acts of war by Germany during WWII. This resulted in the building of the German Armored train and the German K5 Gunship train. In the United States the Pullman car was used to build hospital trains to treat the wounded soldiers. 44 million servicemen and women were transported from the end of 1941 to June 1945 by railway in America to the ports. Railroads carried more than 90 per cent of the military’s freight which included tanks, ammunition, and fuel. New technologies resulted from the war. Improved tanks

The major part and content of the research article is how the railroad growth in Brazil improved their economy greatly at the turn of the century. The growth of railroads had a huge positive impact on the Brazilian economy not only for passengers who could now travel a lot more easily in Brazil it had huge impact on transportation. The increase in freight trains and freight service allowed the Brazilian economy move from a agricultural stagnant economy to a industrial growing economy who did not rely so much on imports for industrial goods. The investment in railroad capital was not over invested ether which also proved a benefit to the economy. The author is creditable because he writes for Cambridge University press which is a renowned and

i. It was the most important mode of transportation because it promoted a new way to transport people and resources in a faster and safer way. Also, the transcontinental railroad impacted the connection between the people, the railroad allowed people to come from cost to cost together.

The purpose of this paper is to inform incoming freshman about the resources that have been put in place on campus at the University of Kentucky, specifically the transportation resources. Being a freshman in college right now, I personally didn’t know some of the free assets that are available for everyone, had i known before, i would have utilized them more. UK is a very large campus; according to usnews.com, the campus is 814 acres in total and has an undergraduate enrollment of 22,621 students. Being this large of a campus, it is inevitable for students to have to travel far distances to get to class or to just get where they need to go in general. This is where transportation facilities become very important, because it may not always