For that half of the year goods had to be transported on American railways.

During the war American railways carried 43 million members of the armed forces in 114,000 special troop trains.

Iron-strapped wooden rails were used on all American railways until 1831.

He was one of the first backers of an American transcontinental railway.

The load of the freight per train is not as heavy as on American railways.

The affair recalled the worst disasters of American railways.

It was the first North American railway to use diesels in mainline service.

For many years American railways appear to have assumed that their goal was the building and running of railways.

Also at this time Constitutionalist forces were allowed access to American railways for troop movement.

He became a director of the European and North American Railway in 1867.