Northern, Central, and Southern Pacific
Some of the main north-south railroad lines in the United States include the Illinois Central Railroad, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. These railroads primarily ran vertically, connecting northern states to southern states.
Memphis to Chattanooga to Richmond andVicksburg to Savannah -Stella
With the coming of the railroads, cattle drives headed for the nearest railroad towns, and cattle were shipped north by rail, so shortening the cattle drive considerable.
North Pennsylvania Railroad was created in 1853.
North River Railroad was created in 1881.
North River Railroad ended in 1881.
North Pennsylvania Railroad ended in 1976.
Metro-North Railroad was created in 1983.
Western Railroad - North Carolina - was created in 1852.
Western Railroad - North Carolina - ended in 1879.
The North and a more extensive railroad network than did the South during the US Civil War. Northern rail tracks were tat least double the miles of rail lines available to the South. This gave the North a vast advantage in transporting troops and supplies. Although the South had less railroad track, some historians believe that the South utilized what they had in a more efficient way.
In the mid 1800s to the early 1900s.