The Underground Railroad, a vast network of people who helped ... The fugitives would also travel by train and boat -- conveyances that sometimes had to be paid for. Money was also needed to ...

the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage. The World Grew Smaller One day later, the first transcontinental freight train rumbled out ...

In fact, it's often more expensive to take an Amtrak train from New York City to Boston than to fly. Why does the US, a country that created billionaire railroad tycoons, have such an expensive ...