railroads were often called iron horses
The Native Americans hated the railroad and they called it the iron horse because in the very beginning of the railroad the train cars were pulled on the tracks by horses. Later, when the steam locomotives were invented people were transported by the train as they had been by regular horses.hey were each laying up to 10 miles (16km) of line (that s what they called the tracks) a day. Telegraph wires ran alongside the train tracks. The telegraph lines sent back news of each day s total to each company. Much Faster Transportation Train travel was faster and more comfortable than going by stagecoach.