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Western Railroad Development And Expansion

  • First succesful labor organization

    First succesful labor organization
    Brotherhood of locamotive engineers became the first successful railroad labor organization
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    Western Railroad Expansion

    This timeline will cover the important occurances during the raliroad expansion into the western territories of the United States.
  • Railroad Traffic

    Railroad Traffic
    The Civil War caused alot of traffic in northern railroads, and also caused the destruction of many railroads in the south. So a newer appreciation towards railroads was founded.
  • First Coast to Coast railroad

    First Coast to Coast railroad
    Union Pacific railroad meets Central Pacific railroad
  • Gold Rush

    Gold Rush
    Gold was struck in the sacred black hills causing miners and their families to move westward by railroad.
  • Railroad Status

    Railroad Status
    At this point in time the Pacific railroad carries $50 million dollars worth of cargo annually. It has served as the main artery for 200 million acres of settlement between the Mississippi and the Pacific. A trip between San Francisco and New York, which once might have occupied six grueling months, now takes a few days.
  • The Chinese Exclusion Act

    The Chinese Exclusion Act
    Chinese laborers played a large role in infistructure in California, Congress passes the Chinese Exclusion Act banning further immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States for 10 years. Congress extended this Act in 1892, and again indefinitely in 1904.
  • Time Zones

    Time Zones
    "The day of two noons" the day in which most cities adopt standard railway time.
  • Western Confinement

    Western Confinement
    Congress forbids unathorized fencing of western public lands.
  • Further Railroad Expansion

    Further Railroad Expansion
    Casement crews add 60 miles of track to bring the Union Pacific line to the 100 mile mark.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act
    First federal regulation of railways
  • Homesteaders

    Homesteaders
    Indian territory in Oklahoma is open to homesteaders causing over 50,000 home steaders to travel west by railroad.
  • General Electric

    General Electric
    GE installs first mainline railroad electrification in America