The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times larger than France and could contain ten Englands and still have room to spare.

With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history.

While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points

In the United States three new methods of transportation made their appearance at almost the same time - the steamboat, the canal boat, and the rail car

The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress

The public conviction that a railroad linking the West and the East was an absolute necessity became so pronounced after the gold discoveries of '49 that Congress passed an act in 1853 providing for a survey of several lines from the Mississippi to the Pacific.