He disdained the "decadent" railroads that anchored many a gilded portfolio of that day.
The basic story is that pre-railroads time was calculated from the Sun at each location.
Railroads promised substantial bounties if they were subsidized, but left taxpayers holding the bill.
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It was said that there were great opportunities for younger railroads in the blighted areas.
In the latter half of the 19th century the railroads oppressed the American people.
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On the president's list are railroads, the electrical grid, highways, education, health care, charity and more.
Technology notwithstanding, at some point Norfolk Southern, and the country's other railroads, will have to build.
We're overweighted on railroads, electric utilities, tobacco, insurance companies and business machines, especially Xerox.
' He said, 'Don't tell me about railroads, don't tell me about the late 19th century.
Some historians call the creators of these railroads "political entrepreneurs, " because they weren't the genuine article.
They brought in European entrepreneurs and European capital to build railroads, canals and other improvements.
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The railroads were the second best performing industry group, up 25.7%, followed by the transportation services.
Dreamers who toiled with hearts and hands to lay railroads and to build cities.
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That's 42% of all nonintermodal carloadings on major railroads, according to the Association for American Railroads.
For the last two decades, China has built railroads, bridges, dams, ports and tunnels throughout Iran.
Moving inland means lower wages, but higher transportation costs on China's crowded highways and railroads.
We built railroads and highways, and the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand.
And there are breaks for railroads, "New York Liberty Zone" bonds and so much more.
Even given the sorry state of the railroads in this country, tell me when that has happened.
Indeed, Norfolk's system is so far ahead of other railroads' that it sells its software to rivals.
That's why we laid railroads and highways to spur commerce and industry and stitch this nation together.
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Ranchers began herding their cattle to railroads in the East to meet the increasing demand for beef.
Factories, mills, foundries, mines, railroads, and so forth existed ready operate while millions of workers were unemployed.
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In essence, this has rendered railroads even more stable and secure in general and Union Pacific benefited.
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From the first railroads to the Interstate Highway System, this nation has always been built to compete.
In fact, too many railroads were built and a number of the companies that built them collapsed.
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Our highways, railroads, ports, buses and airways allow us to move around our country quickly and efficiently.
We've already approved nearly a thousand transportation projects to upgrade airports, railroads, mass transit systems, and shipyards.
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