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[[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|right|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]] | |||
[[File:East_west_shaking_hands_by_russell.jpg|thumb|1869: The ceremony for the driving of the golden spike at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with Grenville M. Dodge, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).]] | |||
== Railroad mileage history == | == Railroad mileage history == | ||
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States | (adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))] | ||
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== Maps == | == Maps - similar maps showing growth over time == | ||
See [[commons:Category:Rail_transport_maps_of_the_United_States| | See [[commons:Category:Rail_transport_maps_of_the_United_States| Rail transport maps of the United States - Wikimedia Commons]] | ||
=== | '''1840, 1850, 1860''' | ||
<gallery mode="packed-overlay" heights="300px"> | |||
History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14757946611).jpg|1840 History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14757946611) | |||
File:History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (1917) (14760797742).jpg|<nowiki>1850 from History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14760797742)]</nowiki> | |||
History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14574497328).jpg|1860: History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14574497328) | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''1840, 1850. 1870, 1880, 1890''' | |||
see https://archive.org/details/americanrailwayt1908john/page/17/mode/1up?view=theater | |||
<gallery mode="packed-overlay" heights="225px"> | |||
File:American Railway Transportation p-017 Canals and Railroad New York 1840.png|1840 Canals and Railroads | |||
File:American Railway Transportation p-019 Canals and Railroad Pennsylvania1840.png|1840 Railroads | |||
File:American Railway Transportation p-047 Railroads-US 1850.png|1850 Railroads | |||
File:American Railway Transportation p-051 Railroads-US 1870.png|1870 Railroads | |||
File:American Railway Transportation p-059 Railroads-US 1890.png|1890 Railroads | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''1850, 1916''' | |||
<gallery mode="packed-overlay" heights="250px"> | |||
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14784116252).jpg|1850 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14784116252) | |||
File:The story of corn and the westward migration (1916) (14804330853).jpg|1916 railroad map from "The story of corn and the westward migration" (published 1916) (14804330853) | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Maps by decade == | |||
=== 1830s === | === 1830s === | ||
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[[File:1852_Andrews_Railroad_Map_of_the_United_States_-_Geographicus_-_UnitedStates-andrews-1852.jpg|none|thumb|1852 Andrews Railroad Map of the United States - Geographicus - UnitedStates-andrews-1852; description: A rare and attractive wall sized railroad map of the United States issued in 1852 for Israel de Wolf Andrew’s report for the Treasury Department. Depicts from the Great Lakes south to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the states of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana eastward to the Atlantic ... Essentially an updated version of McLellen’s map of 1850. Drawn and engraved under the direction of the editor of the “American Railroad Journal”.]] | [[File:1852_Andrews_Railroad_Map_of_the_United_States_-_Geographicus_-_UnitedStates-andrews-1852.jpg|none|thumb|1852 Andrews Railroad Map of the United States - Geographicus - UnitedStates-andrews-1852; description: A rare and attractive wall sized railroad map of the United States issued in 1852 for Israel de Wolf Andrew’s report for the Treasury Department. Depicts from the Great Lakes south to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the states of Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana eastward to the Atlantic ... Essentially an updated version of McLellen’s map of 1850. Drawn and engraved under the direction of the editor of the “American Railroad Journal”.]] | ||
[[File:Ensign,_Bridgman_&_Fannings_rail_road_map_of_the_United_States,_showing_the_depots_&_stations_(4584053944).jpg|none|thumb|1856: Ensign, Bridgman & Fannings rail road map of the United States, showing the depots & stations (4584053944)]] | [[File:Ensign,_Bridgman_&_Fannings_rail_road_map_of_the_United_States,_showing_the_depots_&_stations_(4584053944).jpg|none|thumb|1856: Ensign, Bridgman & Fannings rail road map of the United States, showing the depots & stations (4584053944)]] | ||
=== Civil War related === | |||
[[File:History_of_transportation_in_the_United_States_before_1860_(1917)_(14574497328).jpg|thumb|1860: History of transportation in the United States before 1860 (published 1917) (14574497328)|none]] | |||
[[File:Railroad_of_Confederacy-1861.jpg|none|thumb|Railroad of Confederacy-1861]] | |||
[[File:1860 Means of Transport map canals-rivers-railroads roads The American-Nation Vol 20 1863.jpg|none|thumb|1863 Map from "The Appeal to Arms, 1861-1863 (published 1907) of "means of transportation" available during the Civil War. (Image is juxtaposed pages from book scan, thus the missing middle portion of the map at the binding)]] | |||
=== 1860s === | === 1860s === | ||
[[File:Transcontinental_railroad_route.png|thumb|Map of the route of the '''First Transcontinental Railroad'''. Crossing to the Western United States to/from California. Built in the 1860s, and opening in 1869. Central Pacific (red line) Union Pacific (blue line) Western Pacific (green line)|none]] | |||
[[File:Transcontinental_railroad_route.png | |||
[[File:Pacific_Railroad_Profile_1867.jpg|none|thumb|537x537px|Profile of the Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs/Omaha to San Francisco. Harper's Weekly December 7, 1867]] | [[File:Pacific_Railroad_Profile_1867.jpg|none|thumb|537x537px|Profile of the Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs/Omaha to San Francisco. Harper's Weekly December 7, 1867]] | ||
[[File:Railroad map of the United States to accompany the "Commercial travellers guide book" (NYPL b15829349-1952948).jpg|none|thumb|1869 Railroad map of the United States to accompany the "Commercial travellers guide book" (NYPL b15829349-1952948)]] | |||
=== 1870s === | === 1870s === | ||
[[File:34_of_'The_History_of_the_last_Quarter-Century_in_the_United_States,_1870-1895_..._With_..._illustrations'_(11298291644).jpg|none|thumb|1870 Railroad Map "Close of the Civil War"(From: 'The History of the last Quarter-Century in the United States, 1870-1895 ... With ... illustrations' (11298291644)]] | [[File:34_of_'The_History_of_the_last_Quarter-Century_in_the_United_States,_1870-1895_..._With_..._illustrations'_(11298291644).jpg|none|thumb|1870 Railroad Map "Close of the Civil War"(From: 'The History of the last Quarter-Century in the United States, 1870-1895 ... With ... illustrations' (11298291644)]] | ||
[[File:Colton's_Railroad_and_Commercial_Map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_NARA_-_86744253_(page_1).jpg | [[File:Colton's_Railroad_and_Commercial_Map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_NARA_-_86744253_(page_1).jpg|thumb|1873 Colton's Railroad and Commercial Map of the United States and Canada Page 1|none]] | ||
[[File:Colton's_Railroad_and_Commercial_Map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_NARA_-_86744253_(page_2).jpg|none|thumb|1873 Colton's Railroad and Commercial Map of the United States and Canada - NARA - 86744253 (page 2)]] | [[File:Colton's_Railroad_and_Commercial_Map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_NARA_-_86744253_(page_2).jpg|none|thumb|1873 Colton's Railroad and Commercial Map of the United States and Canada - NARA - 86744253 (page 2)]] | ||
[[File:1877_Peel_Atlas_pg76-77_Railroad_map_of_the_United_States_PN2019_21865-8.jpg|thumb|1877 Peel Atlas pg76-77 Railroad map of the United States PN2019 21865-8|none]] | [[File:1877_Peel_Atlas_pg76-77_Railroad_map_of_the_United_States_PN2019_21865-8.jpg|thumb|1877 Peel Atlas pg76-77 Railroad map of the United States PN2019 21865-8|none]] | ||
=== 1880s === | === 1880s === | ||
[[File:American_railway_transportation_(1908)_(14572826500).jpg | [[File:American_railway_transportation_(1908)_(14572826500).jpg|thumb|1890L American railway transportation (published 1908) (14572826500)|none]] | ||
[[File:New_Official_Railroad_map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_DPLA_-_c7a911d967987d386dc73ac839640637.jpg|none|thumb|1883: New Official Railroad map of the United States and Canada - DPLA - c7a911d967987d386dc73ac839640637]] | [[File:New_Official_Railroad_map_of_the_United_States_and_Canada_-_DPLA_-_c7a911d967987d386dc73ac839640637.jpg|none|thumb|1883: New Official Railroad map of the United States and Canada - DPLA - c7a911d967987d386dc73ac839640637]] | ||
[[File:US_Transcontinental_Railroads_1887.jpg|none|thumb|US Transcontinental Railroads 1887]] | [[File:US_Transcontinental_Railroads_1887.jpg|none|thumb|US Transcontinental Railroads 1887]] | ||
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=== 1900s === | === 1900s === | ||
[[File:American_railway_transportation_(1908)_(14756360721).jpg|none|thumb|1908 map of the Harriman system (one company's rail lines) American railway transportation (1908) (14756360721)]] | [[File:American_railway_transportation_(1908)_(14756360721).jpg|none|thumb|1908 map of the Harriman system (one company's rail lines) American railway transportation (1908) (14756360721)]] | ||
[[File:Railroad_distance_map_of_the_United_States,_Mexico_and_Canada_(14009382364).jpg | [[File:Railroad_distance_map_of_the_United_States,_Mexico_and_Canada_(14009382364).jpg|thumb|1919 map: Railroad distance map of the United States, Mexico and Canada (14009382364)|none]] | ||
[[File:The_railroad_builders;_a_chronicle_of_the_welding_of_the_states_(1919)_(14573598059).jpg|none|thumb|The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states (1919) (14573598059)From: [https://archive.org/details/cu31924070687961/page/n34/mode/1up?view=theater The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states : Moody, John, 1868-1958 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive]]] | [[File:The_railroad_builders;_a_chronicle_of_the_welding_of_the_states_(1919)_(14573598059).jpg|none|thumb|The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states (1919) (14573598059)From: [https://archive.org/details/cu31924070687961/page/n34/mode/1up?view=theater The railroad builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states : Moody, John, 1868-1958 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive]]] | ||
[[File:Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png|thumb|1918: Railroads of the United States in 1918 - Project Gutenberg eText 16960|none]] | [[File:Railroads_of_the_United_States_in_1918_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.png|thumb|1918: Railroads of the United States in 1918 - Project Gutenberg eText 16960|none]] | ||
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[[File:Class1rr.png|none|thumb|Class1rr]] | [[File:Class1rr.png|none|thumb|Class1rr]] | ||
=== Travel time by rail === | |||
Map shows travel time in days from New York City to three regions across the U.S. | |||
[[File:Travel times in days from New York City to various locations across the United States in 1930.png|none|thumb|Travel times in days from New York City to various locations across the United States in 1930]] | |||
=== National Highways === | === National Highways === | ||
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