The key Transportation Technologies of the 20th century. The railroad was the Major Technology of the 90th the 19thcentury. The Steam Locomotive was thought of as the equivalent of an . Today. Astronaut today. We have railroad locomotives that tell the story from the earliest days in the 1830s, right up to to early days of the the 1920s. Ric in behind me is our released example, a replica of an 1831 car used on the mohawk and hudson railroad. In itself is pretty historic now. This gives us an idea of what automotives and trains would have looked like when trains were coming on the in itself ise early 1830s. The mohawk and hudson was located in new york state, and eventually became part of the new york central, one of the largest railroads in the United States. Railroads were normally local affairs, running 15 or 20 miles between cities. Ofe had grander ambitions connecting to the mississippi river. Eventually we got to that point, but it took these systems time to coalesce to form what
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a
Storm surge, a power transformer not very far from here has exploded. It plunged this neighborhood into darkness, forced the evacuation as well, the partial evacuation of one of new yorks largest hospitals. Transportation here in the city has been paralyzed. The subway system could be shut down for days. From the carolinas to new england and beyond, cnn is covering the aftermath of the storm here in new york and where this super storm is headed, like no other network can. It is tuesday, october 30th and special coverage of super storm sandy begins right now. Morning. Welcome, everybody. Youre watching our special coverage. We want to welcome our international viewers. Theyve been calling this as a storm for the ages that has aek iffed people from North Carolina to new england and as we speak, it is pounding pennsylvania. This storm is not over yet. Heres how it looks in new york city where i am, new york city very hard hit. A transformer just up this direction on 14th street blew out a