24/05/1830 The first passenger railroad in the U.S. begins service

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3rd May 1830: First Timetabled Passenger Railway

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HISTORY Train in America

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Abraham Lincoln and the Transcontinental Railroad

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Growth of the Railroads 1830 - 1990

Essentials
Ohio
Charters
Early construction and legal battles
Early engineering
First telegraph line
Innovations
Conflicts in the early years
Transportation of the enslaved
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
American Civil War
1861–1862
1863–1865
Westward by merger
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
New lines in Maryland
The 20th century
Mount Airy Branch
Frederick Branch
Metropolitan Branch
Patuxent Branch
Georgetown Branch
Washington Branch
Alexandria Extension
Washington County Branch
Baltimore & New York Railroad
Ohio River Branch