Trains revolutionized transportation in the US. People were no longer dependent on horse-drawn carriages and natural waterways to move across the country. The rapid spread of railroads made the ...

Despite the obstacles, the railroads expanded quickly. In 1835 there were only 1,000 miles of track in the United States. By 1865 there would be some 35,000 miles; in 1880, 93,000 miles.

The map we lay before the readers of the TIMES ... by destroying important railroad bridges upon the rebel lines of communication. The latest intelligence from Kentucky, leaves Gen.

MESSRS. EDITORS—In No. 32 of the present volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, you say in your article entitled "Canals and Railroads," that "the wisest policy to pursue, apparently, is to utilize ...