Library of Congress Since the end of the Civil War, railroad construction in the United States had been ... The nation's first transcontinental railroad had been completed in 1869.

There are 23 miles of railroad in the United States. President Millard Fillmore signs the first Railroad Land Grant Act. By encouraging railroad construction in undeveloped territories ...

Ever since the first American-built passenger ... of railroad were in operation in the United States, and the great undertaking of the Transcontinental Railroad's completion in 1869 marked the ...

The United States benefitted from the connection between the ... Railways create jobs and boost the economy by carrying freight. After the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, the ...