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You're going to be transported back in time to a time when America was connected by a web of steel tracks, steam-breathing locomotives thundering across vast landscapes, as you embark on a journey through the remarkable evolution of America's railroad system. How did these technological marvels come to shape the very fabric of the United
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 col...
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