Transcontinental railroad
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FreightWaves Classics: Lightning Express goes coast-to-coast in 83 hours (in 1876!)
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Lightning Express, which crossed the nation in less than four days.
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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: 153rd anniversary of transcontinental railroad (Part 2)
FreightWaves Classics continues its profile of the transcontinental railroad.
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FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: 153rd anniversary of transcontinental railroad is today (Part 1)
FreightWaves Classics profiles the transcontinental railroad.
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FreightWaves Classics: Construction of the transcontinental railroad was dependent on Chinese labor
FreightWaves Classics profiles the use of Chinese labor to help build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
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FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Abe Lincoln signed legislation that created the transcontinental railroad
President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation that authorized the transcontinental railroad. This FreightWaves Classics article profiles the impact of that legislation.
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FreightWaves Classics: Fallen Flags – Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company
This FreightWaves Classics article provides an overview of the Occidental & Oriental Steamship Company.
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Commentary: Three lessons from the building of the transcontinental railroad
The transportation of goods and people was transformed when eastern and western rails were connected in 1869.
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Today’s Pickup: Blade Runner futurist designer Syd Mead conceptualized Volvo trucks
Famed artist Syd Mead worked for Volvo Trucks at one point in his career, leaving behind a series of conceptual drawings.
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