#railroad

Yet, in 1850 nearly all the railroads in the United States lay east of the Mississippi River, and all of them, even when they were physically mere extensions of one another, were separately owned and separately managed. ↗

— John Moody

#east #even #extensions #lay #managed

The history of the Erie Railroad ever since 1901 has been a record of progress. ↗

— John Moody

#erie #ever #history #progress #railroad

I went West and took part in the strike of the machinists - the Southern Pacific Railroad, the corporation that swung California by its golden tail, that controlled its legislature, its farmers, its preachers, its workers. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

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I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator. ↗

— Mary Harris Jones

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For an economy built to last we must invest in what will fuel us for generations to come. This is our history - from the Transcontinental Railroad to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and building of our most historic bridges - our American ancestors prioritized growth and investment in our nation's infrastructure. ↗

— Cory Booker

#ancestors #bridges #building #built #come

I know Mother named me after a railroad man, but it's too late now, I'm afraid. Much, much too late. ↗

— Hoagy Carmichael

#after #i #know #late #man

One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains. ↗

— Ray Stannard Baker

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I have always loved to sit in ferry and railroad stations and watch the people, to walk on crowded streets, just walk along among the people, and see their faces, to be among people on street cars and trains and boats. ↗

— Ella R. Bloor

#always #among #boats #cars #crowded

Railroads are the primary economic beneficiaries. It's a difficult project for the public sector. ↗

— John Gates

#difficult #economic #primary #project #public

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

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