page_title: National rail network
hierarchical_section_title: National rail network
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the United States Showing Railroads in 1890 Identifier: elementsoftransp00john (find matches) Title: Elements of transportation, a discussion of steam railroad electric railway, and ocean and inland water transportation Year: 1920 (1920s) Authors: Johnson, Emory Richard, 1864- Subjects: Transportation Publisher: New York, Appleton Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: In those ten years 70,000 miles of new line were added! In no other country of the world could this have been done. Indeed,the people of the United States built more miles of rail-ways in those ten years than the three leading countries of Europe had constructed in fifty years. Work w^as carried on in all parts of the country. Men with money were confident of the growth of the country, and they were encouraged in investing their funds in railways by the liberal assistance they had been receiving, since 1870, from the United States, the States, and the counties and towns. Oftentimes, railways were built into new sections of country ahead of settlement. Instead of waiting until traffic existed, the railroads opened up prairies and mountain valleys, and created travel and traffic. Since 1890 it has not been necessary to build railways so rapidly as formerly. We are now adding from two to three per cent per annum to our railway, mileage. Thus stated, the advance seems slow; but this rate means Text Appearing After Image: 16 ELEMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION an increase of from 5,000 to 7,000 miles each year; and it is probable that the traffic needs of the near future will require a much greater annual addition to our railway system. The assured progress of the Southwest and the great West makes this certain. Two Fifths of the Worlds Entire Railway Mileage is in the United States. The length of our railroads exceeds that of those in all Europe by eighteen per cent. The most rapid progress in railroad building outside of the United States is in such countries as Canada, Argentine, and in those sections of South Africa that are being opened up to settlement and industry. Approximate Railway Mileage of Europe, the United States, and the World in 1910 Europe 202,000 United States... 240,000 The World 600,000 All this has been done in eighty years, within the life-time of many persons now living. No truer index and measure than this can be found of the rapid economic progress that has been made by the world, and particul Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: In United States railroading, the term national rail network, sometimes termed "U.S. rail network", refers to the entire network of interconnected standard gauge rail lines in North America. It does not include most subway or light rail lines. Federal Railroad Administration regulations require passenger cars used on the national rail network to be heavy and strong enough to protect riders in case of collision with freight trains.
context_section_description: In United States railroading, the term national rail network, sometimes termed "U.S. rail network", refers to the entire network of interconnected standard gauge rail lines in North America. It does not include most subway or light rail lines. Federal Railroad Administration regulations require passenger cars used on the national rail network to be heavy and strong enough to protect riders in case of collision with freight trains.
caption: 1920 map of the national rail network
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