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[[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|right|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]]
[[File:FWPNW026HobokenNJSA0266.jpg|right|thumb|The first American locomotive at Castle Point in Hoboken, New Jersey, c. 1826]]
== Railroad mileage history ==
== Railroad mileage history ==
[[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).]]
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States|History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))
(adapted from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transportation_in_the_United_States|History of rail transportation in the United States (wikipedia))