35,000 miles of railroad.
There are approximately 233,000 miles of railroad track in the United States and back in 1840 there were 21,000 miles of railroad track
At the start of the war there was 1,061 miles of track, but both sides began to destroy track since it helped move supplies and troops. In 1863 it fell to 574 miles and the miles varied during the war. Only in 1866 did the miles go up to 1,404 miles. In 1879 5,006 miles of track was in working order.
The North was much more industrialized, having many industries, such as textiles, revolve around factories. In contrast, the South was still very agricultural, having many plantations as well as small farms. The North also had many more miles of railroad track.
The Underground railroad helped many slaves to freedom.
The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.
Michigan had approximately 7,929 miles of railroad in 1900.
There are 7,021 miles of railroad tracks currently in Egypt
There are approximately 233,000 miles of railroad track in the United States and back in 1840 there were 21,000 miles of railroad track
There was almost 3,00 miles of railroad tracks in 1840.
There were 30,626 miles of railroad in 1860 according to Wikipedia.
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17,166 km (10,669 miles)