Rail Road: Engineer And Conductor

(a) Why did CSX make a two-tiered offer? What effect does this structure have on the transaction?

There are many things that you need to be aware of as a driver in the state of Utah. One of these things is railroads. All the information from this essay is credited to Unit 5 Lesson 07 - Railroad Crossing of Drivers Education. You will no doubt come across a railroad sometime in your driving career and you need to know what to do when approaching this hazard.

Inventions like the iPhone have paved the road for social, economical, and political improvements. It allowed many opportunities for people to capitalize on whether it be economically like amazon, or socially like youtube as did the railroad that connected the states together. The transcontinental railroad most impacted America economically through encouraging imports and exports amongst the states, making transportation cheaper, and opening up cities along the railroad itself.

Similar to the light bulb’s legacy of ideas, the transcontinental railroad paved the way for new transportation. “The transcontinental railroad act is the first step in creating a continental common market.” This quote by, Charles R. Morris, defines the wide-spread uprising in the American Economy after establishing a railroad that would last a lifetime. The Transcontinental Railroad economically transformed America because of the trade and commerce it brought. Now capable of fast communication, we could quickly and cheaply of transport goods and ourselves. t’s wide impact developed a independent country were we could efficiently practice a free enterprise. Bringing in trade, shipping and new exports/imports, it elevated our economy to a higher level of technology.

Larry Page once said, “Especially in technology, [we] need revolutionary change, not incremental change.” Whether he is speaking about the Transcontinental Railroad system or the latest iPhone, what he says is true. If change is going to happen, it needs to bring a revolution of some kind along with it, otherwise, it will just become lost in history. This makes us wonder, how did the railroad system affect the US? The railroad system benefited the US most economically by industrializing towns it ran through, lowering shipping costs, and allowing for mass imports and exports.

Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad not only affected the United States itself but also anything that inhabited the lands that it was constructed on. As a necessary to build the railroad they had to go through mountains, Native American land, animals homes, etc. Native Americans being inhabitants of the land did not welcome the white settlers which resulted in violent conflict. When it came to building the railroad two companies were assigned the task, pinning them up against each other to lay the most track for more money. The Central Pacific company which started in California had to go through mountains while the Union Pacific which started in Nebraska only had to go through the Great Plains. For Central Pacific workers there was horrible working conditions, discrimination, and the chance dying for every mile laid.

Has there ever been a super big change in your life just randomly? Which do you believe the transcontinental railroad changed the United States more politically, socially, or economically? The transcontinental railroad changed the United States most socially because it changed the relationships with the indians, moved people west, and changed the different ethnic groups in the US.

The Transcontinental Railroad was responsible for many impacts in the United States. However, the category that had the greatest impact was the Social category. The impact of the Transcontinental Railroad can be divided into three categories. Political, economic, and social.

As Robin Sharma once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle, and gorgeous at the end“. As Sharma said change can be hard, as it was for the railroad, but in the end the impact can change a nation. On May 10, 1869 the Transcontinental railroad was opened. Since then the railroad has permanently transformed America. The transcontinental railroad transformed America because of the effects on American Indians, publishing travel information, and creating the Chinese Exclusion act.

During 1877, railroad workers in West Virginia went on strike. The railroad industry had grew following the Civil War, and wage cuts during the Panic 1873 established anger among workers. Later B & O Railroad stated a second wage cut later in the year. On the other hand employers believed business owners were terrible for business. Business owners wanted to keep costs down, which would cut jobs and wages. “Business owners fought against unions and able to keep their factories and mines operating, they hired strikebreakers, often employed immigrant workers from other areas who were hungry for jobs and had no stake in the union struggle.” (Schultz, p. 305, 2009) However, family and small factories were united as one and controlled by large

Codelfa Construction (Plaintiff) had a contract with State Rail Authority NSW (Defendant) to excavate the tunnels for the railway in New South Wales. The contract agreed to complete the work in assured dates and finish it within 130 weeks, to finish work Codelfa were suppose to work three shifts a day and 7 days a week; initially Codelfa Construction was working accordingly. The work was to dig a tunnel so offcourse it was very noisy and caused some vibrations which were annoying to the surrounding residents which led to application quite a few application of nuisance and after a while Codelfa Construction had an injunction where they were forced to reduce the work hours by two shifts a day and not working on Sundays. The problem started here as the working hours were reduced so Codelfa Constructions was not able to finish the work in the set period of time which was given according to the contract therefore Codelfa Construction’s budget did exceed than mentioned in the contract and they needed more time to finish the work.

After the Civil War, the United States were left in shambles. There was much corruption in both politics and economics. The land was filled with metaphorical waste and speculation for the future of the country. A major issue during this time was the building of railroads. Railroads were built at a pace that would only help the rich to get richer and force the workers to work even harder. However, the railroad system also helped the United States in an amazing way, it opened up all the resources in the west. In the nineteenth century, the authorization from Congress, the creation of the major railways, and the strikes of the workers represent different aspects of individual free enterprise, as well as the hope of the government for a prosperous

Before railroads, time was relative to where ever you were. In every town, the clocks were set to the sun. For stagecoaches--which were unscheduled--this was no problem. The railroad, on the other hand, prided itself in being precise and on the dot. Because of this, the conductors had to consistently change their watches, lest they be on the wrong time. Although this arrangement was manageable, it wasn’t practical or very safe, as if a train was off even by a few minutes it could collide with another one. A man by the name of William F. Allen took notice of this, and decided to try and reform the way we told time. He divided the continent into four zones, and made a timetable that anyone could understand. Using this method, the railroad would

Along with hover boards and flying cars, high-speed rail is one of the most iconic futuristic technologies discussed today. With great success, European and Asian countries such as Germany, France, Japan and China have been enjoying bullet trains for decades. Japan has been a leading innovator of high-speed trains, and has currently developed a train capable of 315 mph (Shadbolt). This MagLev is revolutionizing public transport and changing how the world view trains forever. The average European high-speed train can travel at speeds in excess of 220 mph (“The 10”). The United States is falling behind in this highly efficient, safe, and environmentally friendly high-speed train race. With the amount of traffic congestion between

My educational goals are to finish my undergraduate degree, once I graduate to work for the Disney or Lucasfilm corporations. I have a potential job opportunity at one of these corporations because I have a contact that is working at Disney for 40 years. She is my mother's childhood friend, well-respected for her work at the park. She has told me several times over many conversations as I’ve attended PSU that she will put the word out to all her contacts within the company to get me hired at Disney in Los Angeles or in Lucasfilm in San Francisco. I'm very excited this may happen it has been a longtime dream of mine to work for one of these companies that are now one company. If It does not become a reality my plan is to continue to look for