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Railroads 1st arrived in Fulda, Minnesota in 1879.
The railroads was avital part of the cities early growth.
The early trains in Minnesota were originally part of the southern Mn railroad company. The fulda Mn train depot was a destination from Wisconsin in the late 1800’s. It had a round house and a turn table built in 1880.
The first train came from Jackson Mn via Kinbrae to Fulda. By 1881 trcks ran west through lona, Cahngdler, Edgerton, and Pipestone, Mn to Flandreau, South Dakota. By 1895 there were 4 daily passenger trains and 4 daily freight trains.
Model Railroads:
Lionel was the most popular. Lionel used 3 rails so strengthen the ground connection. Marx model trains was also three rail. Another model train/rails was
American Flyer. American Flyer at first used 3 rail and then changed to 2 rail (more realistic). There were train tracks and engines and cabooses and freight cars and train stations. There were signals and switches and freight cars that unloaded. There were engines that smoked and whistled. There were
Realistic displays of towns and bridges and tunnels.
The development of the west The first settlers cam by wagon train and then by water and rivers and canals. Then came the railroads. Railroads were faster and more dependable then the canals and rivers. Railroads enabled the settlement of the west. Railroads connectd the east coast and west coast of the usa. Train was the only way of travel late 1800.s until 1920. By 1920 the auto had arrived.
Freight and mail moved by trains. The US President traveled by the rails.
All the big corporations had railroad cars. Salesman sold there wares from town to town by train. There were sleeper cars amd restaurant cars and bar cars and exhibit cars. Animals were transported by train.
Fulda Mn railroad was once the hub of rail road travel from Wisconsin through Minnesota to South Dakota. Fulda Mn once had 3 hotels for train travelers
Railroad Usa History
The transcontinental railroad was complete in 1869 in Promontor This decreased the travel time from the east coast to the west coast Months to 7 days. This profoundly changed the usa. Commerce increased dramatically. concept of time changed dramatically from travel by horse to the railro 21,000 workers many Chinese and Hong Kong and Irish did the difficu laying 1776 miles of track in winter blizzards and summer heat. They lay track in unoccupied and unchartered territory. flects of the railroads:
- Rapid growth of previously isolated California
- Commerce now cross country
- Travel more affordable
- Develop 1000 of cities at temporary work sites for workers
- Changing the concept of distance
- Led to the hunting and extermination of the herds of buffalo
They had to watch for cattle. Early trains 1870 would stop to shoot buffalo, Model railroad wizardry There were circus cars with animals There were freight cars that unloaded by a worker at the push of a swite There were milk cars that unloaded at the push of a switch There were log cars that unloaded There were track switches that changed the path of a train There were round tracks (circle houses) to move trains from 1 track to another or even to turn a train around There were lighted cars and lighted cabooses There were bridges and tunnels There were model towns
- Develop 1000 of cities at temporary work sites for workers
- Changing the concept of distance
- Led to the hunting and extermination of the herds of buffalo
- Helped develop American Industrial power after the Civil War Trails from East coast to west transferred in Chicago and Omaha And Premontory and Ogden Utah Early transcontinental travelers had to take a ferry boat ride across The Missouri River from Council Bluffs lowa to Omaha Nebraska The early transcontinental route out west tended to follow the Platte River In South Dakot like the wagon trains did Early train speed was 20 mph Early trains had benches The had first class and and 3d class. 3rd class was just a bench First class had sleeping cars with shared curtains and 2 people sleeped above and 2 people sleeped below. Early trans to Sarifransisce stopped in Vallego Calif and took a steamboat to Sanfransisco The locomotives had to plow the snow off the tracks