American Railroads in the Early 1830s
The Travels of Abe Lincoln, 1849 and 1861
Major Developments in the 1850s
Western Commercial Traffic Changes Direction
The Speed of Travel in 1860
Gauge Differences in 1860
Railroads and the Civil War
Federal Land Grants for Railroads
A Decade of Record Railroad Building
God's Time Became Vanderbilt's Time
The Grange and the Railroads
Major Rail Combinations in the 1900s
Competition for the Railroad
Streamliners in the 1930s
American Railroads in 1950
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Central Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Illinois Central Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Denver & Rio Grande Western
New York, Chicago & St. Louis
Amtrak and Conrail, Courtesy of Uncle Sam
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980