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The railroads allowed for easier transporting of goods from east to west so the west could build faster with materials sent from the east. Hopefully you are asking about the American west because that is how I answered it.

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Q: How did railroads effect economic developments in the west?
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The railroads and the defeat of the Indian Nations.


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Why do railroads run east to west?

Railroads run in all directions.


Why did more railroads run east and west then north and south?

its because the railroads goes more to the east and the west


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