#railroad

With the reorganization of 1898 finished, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad entered a new period in its history. ↗

— John Moody

#entered #finished #history #new #ohio

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

Oh, the Irish were building the railroads down through Mexico, through Chihuahua. They finished the railroads when they finished out in the West Coast, and they went down and put the trains into Mexico. ↗

— Anthony Quinn

#chihuahua #coast #down #finished #into

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. ↗

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

#acquired taste #car #immediately #private #railroad

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

#had #happened #him #how #i

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

Every great day has a story and a song! ↗

— Faith Reese Martin

#courage #fantasy #friendship #historical-fiction #lost-colony

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

#crow #especially #i #interested #jim

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