How did the development of the rail road industry help change America?
U.S.railroads carried 427 billion ton-miles of cargo annually in 1930.This increased to 750 billion ton-miles by 1975 and doubled to 1.5 trillion ton-miles in 2005.Without rail roads we would not be able to receive needed supplies across the country.
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