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Amazing historic photos of the world’s first trains and railroads

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By William England, Andrew Russell, Otto Herschan Collection
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After peace was declared in the American Civil War, railways expanded rapidly across the nation – and no construction project was bigger than the transcontinental railroad stretching 1,912 miles (3,077 km) from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Francisco Bay, California. Track-laying crews moved forward up to ten miles a day and met in the middle at Promontory Summit, Utah on 10 May 1869.
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