RAILROADS IN AMERICA

Railroads in America

Railroads in America

Introduction

Railroads were built in America in 1862 after the construction of two railroads was authorized by the Congress. These two railroads linked Midwest and the West Coast while Union Pacific Railroad extended westward from Nebraska while the Central Pacific Railroad went eastward from the Pacific Ocean. In the Western history, the meeting of the two railroads at Promontory Summit in 1869 served as a signified new era. Growth of railroads was encouraged by the federal and the state governments. After authorization was provided by the Congress in 1862 to build the transcontinental ...