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FreightWaves Classics: Railroads helped the U.S. expand and increased interstate commerce
America s first common carriers are still relevant A Union Pacific train heads to its next destination. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)
Early beginnings
Railroads were first developed in Great Britain. The first railroads were horse-drawn wagons running on wooden and then iron tracks, or rails…
Wooden railroads were also built in the American colonies and were built exclusively to transport freight. Termed “wagonways,” the earliest were begun in the 1720s. In addition to the British and colonists using wagonways in North America, the French used a wagonway to haul construction materials to their fortress at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, in New France (now Canada) in 1720.
Two railway accidents in Southern California kill worker and spill chemical waste
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway employee on March 3 was crushed to death between two trains at the company’s transit hub located near the border of La Mirada and Buena Park in Southern California.
According to the Orange County Fire Authority, rescue workers found the victim mangled in the rail yard shortly after midnight and declared him dead at the scene. While the worker’s identity has not been released as of the time of this writing, it was reported that he was in his 40s.
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Alaskaâs 2021 cruise ship season, or lack thereof, has ignited new debates about a very old law.Â
As of now, the season is in limbo. Only five cruise ships plan on coming to Kodiak, compared to nearly 30 in 2019. And thatâs nothing compared to places in southeast Alaska like Skagway, Ketchikan or Juneau that see hundreds of boats in a normal summer, but now might not see any.Â
There are two reasons for this. One, Canada has banned foreign ships with more than 100 passengers from entering its ports due to concerns about COVID-19.Â
And two, the United States has a law called the Passenger Vessel Services Act (PVSA), which prevents ships that are either built or based in other countries from starting and ending voyages in U.S. ports.Â