CSPAN3 American Artifacts Railroads Railcars December 26, 2017
We are here at the Henry Ford Museum of innovation. Were in the railroad exhibit. As automobiles sp airplanes were the key Transportation Technology of the 20th century. The rail yoed was the Major Technology of the 19th century. Its not an exaggeration it was the equal of an astronaut. What we have here are railroad locomotives that tell the story of railroad in the United States from the earliest day ins the 1830s. To the 1920s. Behind me is our earliest example. A replica of the 1831 locomotive and car on the moe hawk and hudson railroad. Built in 1892. This gives us an idea of what Steam L...