The Railroad Originally Was As Completely Dissociated

The History Of The Erie Railroad Ever Since 1901 Has Been A Record Of Progress

The Railroad Originally Was As Completely Dissociated From Steam Propulsion As Was The Ship

The United States As We Know It Today Is Largely The Result Of Mechanical Inventions, And In Particular Of Agricultural Machinery And The Railroad. One Transformed Millions Of Acres Of Uncultivated Land Into Fertile Farms, While The Other Furnished The Transportation Which Carried The Crops To Distant Markets.

In The Decade Before The Civil War Various North And South Lines Of Railway Were Projected And Some Of These Were Assisted By Grants Of Land From The Federal Government

Horses And Mules, And Even Sail Cars, Made More Rapid Progress Than Did The Earliest Locomotive.