RAILWAY IN THE USA
The first railroad was beeld in the U. S. , in 1825.
The U. S. may be the land of the cars, but it is also one of the greatest countries in the world to be explored by the passenger trains. Тhe first railroad was built in New Jersey, and completed its route between cities in 1834.
The major railroads of passenger flagship services were usually multi-day journeys on luxury trains resembling hotels, which were unable to compete with airlines in the 1950 s. Much of the ar original roadbed is still in use today and owned by Union Pacific Railroad , which is descended from both of the original railroads. Many Canadian and U. S. railroads originally used by various broad gauges. This and the standardization of couplings and air brakes enabled the pooling and interchange of locomotives and rolling stocks.
Celebration of the meeting of the railroad in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869
The freight industry continued its decline until Congress passed the Staggers Rail Act in 1980, which largely deregulated the rail industry. Since then, U. S. freight railroads have reorganized, discontinued their lightly used routes and returned to profitability. In 2013, the US moved more oil out of North Dakota by the rail than the Trans-Alaska pipeline.
As locomotive technology progressed in the mid 19 th century, trains grew in length and weight. Passenger cars grew along with them, first getting longer with the addition of a second truck (one at each end), and wider as their suspensions improved. Cars built for European use featured side door compartments, while American car design favored a single pair of doors at one end of the car in the car's vestibule; compartmentalized cars on American railroads featured a long hallway with doors from the hall to the compartments.
The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad, circa 1900.
In trip from one coast of the U. S. to the other is surely one of the greatest railway journeys that you can make anywhere in the world.
