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The network was all ready in place by the time the civil war happened. Trains ran across the nation from the west coast to the east with Chicago being the national hub ( thanks to a deal made by Senator Stephen Douglas). Repairs had to been done in the south because they were destroyed by the war, but that happened fairly fast.

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