Yes, some Pennsylvania railroad stock certificate will be worth some money to railroad collectors today. The stock itself is rarely valuable, but the certificate can be worth up to several hundreds of dollars to collectors who enjoy railroad memorabilia.
The biggest railroad currently is the UP (Union Pacific). Next in line would be BNSF (Burlington Northern Santa Fe), then NS (Norfolk Southern) and finally CSX. The biggest railroad in US history is most likely Penn Central (because the biggest railroad before, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the New York Central Railroad merged and made one large railroad).
I can tell you this if you are next to railroad track it's a mistake I was on the side road drawing a picture of two railroad locomotives & there police came & asked if I had a contract for this art work with the railroad & am i doing this for the railroad my answer was no so I had to go I was on railroad property & that alone was a no no It looked like a side road to me I would say picking up anything you will be a no no & a permit no way for what ever is there it is railroad property
Railroad cross ties made out of wood would float. Concrete railroad ties would not float.
the money from railroad would pay for taxes and the mortgage
Without the railroad it would not have happened.
Congress, railroad barons, banks, and investors.
You would need to hire a railroad attorney if you have been working for a railroad company and you've been injured and now you need workers compensation.
no. the underground railroad was a secret (underground) chain of people who would help slaves reach freedom. the "railroad" part of the underground railroad was simply a way to refer to the chain of people that runaway slaves would stay with.
The history of the railroad would make an interesting essay or report.
That would be a "trestle"
It is often argued that the transcontinental railroad increased the national GNP, but an economic study shows that the GNP would have remained the same without the railroad, but it would have been concentrated in the East.
Whether the railroad would start in the North or South.