The Beginning of the Railroads

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From there, lines kind of built up around the united states. The civil war, i think, is a big turning point too. And then after that, you've got things like a standard gauge. But railroads are still a vital part of american life to day. We just don't think of them the they're like the the plumbing in our house,. You justyou take it for granted until something on. Oh, god, that's true.

Trains. Locomotives. Choochoos. Bullet trains. Hyperloops. Subways. How fast can they go? How did they change American history? Why do people love them? What should we do with all that abandoned track? Can you marry a train? What's it like to shovel coal into a steam engine?

Alie went off the rails at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan talking to an official ferroequinologist and curator Matt Anderson -- who confessed to some youthful railroad mischief, delivered a succinct slice of U.S. History, has train movie recommendations and discussed cars vs. trains in the great transportation debate. Also, why transporting isn't always about the trains.

The Henry Ford Museum Railroad Exhibit

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