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The United States as we know it today is largely the result of mechanical inventions, and in particular of agricultural machinery and the railroad. ↗

— John Moody

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When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period. ↗

— John Moody

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While no one railroad can completely duplicate another line, two or more may compete at particular points. ↗

— John Moody

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

— John Moody

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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

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

— John Moody

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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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Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree. ↗

— Otto Schily

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