Standard Time Zones created by the railroad industry in the 1880's rather than solar time.
Immigrants and minorities did most of the work on the first transcontinental railroad.
people celebrated when the railroad was complete! :D
No one "invented" the Continental Railroad. Continental Railroad was the name given to the railroad that spanned America (US) from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
This is true. The Union Pacific Railroad was the first trans-continental railroad. It ran from Chicago and Promontory Point, Utah.
Rutherford B. Hayes was the president during the Great Railroad Strike.
It benefited railroad companies and train travelers.
The railroad companies set up standard time. This system divided the United States into four time zones
I happen to know the answer as I am a railroad buff. Railroad scheduling in the four time zones.
Those were the days before electricity, thus before signaling ... All trains ran off a timetable, a schedule of timed meetings. In order for that to work everyone on the railroad had to be using a common time, called "standard time" or "railroad time".
What Exactly Are You Asking?
A- It may have time to secure.
( apexvs) all of these.
Travel time across the country took about six months before the Transcontinental Railroad. That time was reduced to six days after its completion.
I am thinking it is 10 years. If you want to research it yourself go to www.rrb.gov and look on the Railroad Retirement Boards website.
There weren't any - in 1869 all time was local.
Collin DeWese
Well, the question has to be more specific. If you mean the Transcontinental Railroad, then the Civil war disrupted it. If you mean a different railroad, please be more specific next time.