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they call it that because it was underground and its was a rail road
The first rail road was built in 1786
what are 10 facts on the underground rail road
Western Rail Road was created in 1975.
Indiana Rail Road was created in 1986.
Strasburg Rail Road was created in 1832.
Sherman. 'Neckties' are a new one on me. Railroad sleepers were called 'ties'. When the troops destroyed rail lines, they made a point of twisting the rails so that they could not be straightened out without being sent to a rolling mill - of which the South had very few.
The Union soldiers would heat up rail road ties and then bend them around tree trunks. They were nicknamed "Sherman's neckties".
the union rail road was finished on may 10, 1869
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Kent County Rail Road was created in 1856.