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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 - similar maps showing growth over time == | == 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]] | ||
<gallery mode="packed-overlay" heights=" | '''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) | 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> | 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) | 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> | </gallery> | ||
1850 | '''1840, 1850. 1870, 1880, 1890''' | ||
<gallery mode="packed-overlay" heights=" | 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) (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) | 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> | </gallery> | ||
== Maps by decade == | == Maps by decade == | ||
=== 1830s === | === 1830s === | ||
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=== 1860s === | === 1860s === | ||
[[File:Transcontinental_railroad_route.png | [[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: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]] | ||
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=== 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]] | ||