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Early Steam Trains (Wheeler) 

Transcontinental Railroad

The Railroads and Industrialization

Railroads 

Age of Railroads

See Also: Western Expansion, Industrial Revolution, The Nation Grows 

For Kids

The Iron Horse  

The Great Railroad Race 

The Race to Utah 

Railroads (shockwave) 

For Teachers 

Lesson Plan: Locomotives & Western Expansion

Lesson Plan: Planning a Railroad

Lesson Plan: The Importance of the Transcontinental Railroad

Anti-Railroad Propaganda Poster

Related Lesson: The Pony Express 

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