Railroads

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The 1800s: K-12 TLC Guide Transportation: K-12 TLC Guide Travel: K-12 TLC Guide Westward Expansion: K-12 TLC Guide

U.S. Railroads, International Railroads

High Speed Rail
Steam Trains

Railroads

K-12 TLC Guide to Transportation Museums.
K-12 TLC Guide to Granville Woods.

Fleming, Sandford: K-12 TLC Guide:

Hedley, William: K-12 TLC Guide.

Pullman, George: K-12 TLC Guide.

04/21/1856: First Train Crosses the Mississippi River from Illinois to Iowa, Picture History.
1890: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad V. Minnesota: K-12 TLC Guide.
Carolwood Pacific Historical Society.
Edward O. Heinrich, the "Edison of Crime Detection,", History Channel.
Memoir of the Niagara Falls Bridge, Roebling's Bridge Division.
National Public Radio:

Stevens, Robert Livingston: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Weather Notebook, Mount Washington Observatory:

Weather Forecasting in 1870.

Railroads

U.S. Railroads

Eads, James: K-12 TLC Guide.

Flagler, Henry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Jones, John Luther "Casey": K-12 TLC Guide.
The Reno Brothers: K-12 TLC Guide.
Texas Railroads: K-12 TLC Guide.

Vanderbilt, Cornelius: K-12 TLC Guide.

10/05/1853: The First Union Depot in the United States Opens in Indianapolis, Indiana State Historical Society.

05/10/1869: At Promontory, Utah, a Ceremonial Golden Spike Completes the Nation's First Transcontinental Railroad:

Center for the Study of Technology and Society.
History Channel.
Library of Congress.
Masachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.
National Public Radio:
- Rival Rails Raced Across America.
New York Times.

1877 Railroad Strike:

Case Western University.
Explore PAHistory.
Historical Society of Berks County.
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (pdf).
Northwestern University.
University of California, Santa Cruz.
University of Houston.
University of Nebraska Lincoln.
University of Pittsburgh.
University of St. Francis.
West Virginia State Archives.

Maryland State Archives.
New York State Library.

1894 Pullman Strike: K-12 TLC Guide.

08/25/1925: Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Founded: First Black Labor Union, Kenyon College.

Acela High-Speed Electric Train: K-12 TLC Guide.

B & O Railroad Museum.
California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History.
- Links to Railroad, Photography & History Websites.
Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society.
East Ely Railroad Depot Museum, NV.
Federal Railroad Administration.
Freedom Train Museum.
Freight Trains in America, APL.com.

Grand Central Terminal, New York City: K-12 TLC Guide.

The History Channel:
- 09/20/1851: Railroads Make First Use of Telegraph.
- 10/25/1853: Paiutes Attack Railroad Survey Crew.
- 01/19/1944: U.S. Rail Workers Settle Wage Dispute.
- 09/01/1960: Labor Dispute Shuts Down the Pennsylvania Railroad for First Time.
- 04/27/1966: Pennsylvania and New York Central Merge to Form Penn Central.
History of First Locomotives In America, W.H. Brown, University of Rochester.
TheHistoryNet:
- 09/24/1904: 62 Die in Tennessee Head-on Collision.
Indiana Railroad Museums.
Library of Congress:
- Early Development of U.S. Railroads.
- Oahu Railway and Land Company (OR&L).
- Railroad Maps.
- 11/18/1883: Continental U.S. Adopts Four Standard Time Zones.
Montana Railroads, Montanakids.
National Public Radio:
- Amtrak Racial Discrimination: 1999 (audio: 3:18).
- Casey Jones Remembered (audio: 10:05).
- Expanding Amtrak Service: 2000 (audio: 4:00).
- Fates of Irish Workers Sealed in Mass Grave.
- Mergers:
  - 1999: North American Rail Merger (audio: 3:26).
  - 2000: Proposed Restrictions (audio: 2:24).
- Short Line Railroads (audio: 4:41).
- Winning the West with Fred Harvey Restaurants.
- WSM & the Pan American: (audio: 12:30).
Nevada State Railroad Museum: K-12 TLC Guide.
On-This-Day:
- 08/28/1830: Tom Thumb Demonstrated.
- 11/26/1867: Refrigerated Railroad Car Patented.
- 09/06/1876: LA to San Francisco Line Completed.
Pike's Peak Cog Railway.
Railroad History in Nebraska, Westward to Nebraska!
Stanford, Leland: K-12 TLC Guide.
Tom Thumb:
- Library of Congress.
- 08/28/1830: Tom Thumb Demonstrated, On-This-Day.
- 09/18/1830: Tom Thumb Loses Race to a Horse, TheHistoryNet.
Train Excursions in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
Train Whistles.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - Train Whistles & Whistle Bans: 1/14/00 (4:00).
  - Train Whistles & Public Safety: 4/26/00 (3:34).
- Proposed Rule for Locomotive Horns, U.S. Department of Transportation.
Trains Unlimited Tours.

Transcontinental Railroad, PBS.

Water Valley Casey Jones Railroad Museum.
Virginia City Rail.

Railroads

International Railroads

Channel Tunnel: K-12 TLC Guide.
Great Britain: K-12 TLC Guide.
Firth of Forth Rail Bridge: K-12 TLC Guide.

BBC:

Europe's Eight Best Night Trains.

Impact of Railways in Victorian Britain, British National Archive.
National Public Radio:

On-This-Day:
- 01/08/1886: Britain's Severn Railway Tunnel Is Opened.
- 08/30/1941: Germans Capture Last Line into Leningrad.
Orient-Express Trains & Cruises.
- Train Journeys in Southeast Asia.
- Train Journeys in the United Kingdom.
Rail Europe.
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
VIA Rail Canada Inc.

Railroads

High Speed Rail

Gotthard Base Tunnel: K-12 TLC Guide.
Acela High-Speed Electric Train:
- National Public Radio:
  - 01/31/00: Report: (4:00).
  - 10/19/00: Ready to Roll (3:04).
  - 11/16/00: Acela is Launched (3:30).
CNN.
Federal Railroad Administration.
Library of Congress.

National Public Radio:

California High-Speed Rail Authority.
Indiana High Speed Rail Association.
Midwest High-Speed Rail Association.
North Carolina Department of Transportation.
Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
Virginians for High Speed Rail.

Railroads

Steam Trains

Railroads

History of the First Locomotives In America, W.H. Brown, University of Rochester.

Railroads

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

05/11/1894: The Pullman Strike.

10/30/1990: England and France Meet in the Chunnel.

11/18/1883: North American Time Zones.


Jones, John Luther "Casey"

Grades 2-4:
- All Aboard!, Melanee Stearns & Libby Humason,
  Kings County Office of Education.
Other:
- 1830-40: Anti-Railroad Propaganda,
  U.S. National Archives.
- Canals and Railroads Open Illinois (pdf),
  Lincoln Legal Papers.

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This guide last edited 12/05/2010
This guide last revised 08/29/2008