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What other part of the country was densely covered by railroads tracks by 1890?
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Who laid the tracks for the railroads?
central pacific
What describes the railroads in the US in 1860?
The North had more miles of railroads tracks then the South
What best describes the railroads in the US in 1860?
The North had more miles of railroads tracks then the South
What does a train drive on?
Trains drive on railroads or tracks.
Who Invented the Train Tracks?
That's unknown ... tracks to guide cars were around long before railroads were invented.
Where were the vast tracks of land that congress gave to the railroads?
In the west.
Why is a small gap left between railroads tracks instead of join them together?
That allows the tracks to expand, in case of heat.
Where was the first railroad tracks?
Inside mines. Long before railroads were built.
What did the government to help build railroads?
They assisted in the acquisition of land for the tracks to go through.
Where do railroads build most of their tracks?
Wherever they want the train to go. Or under the wheels.
How did the government help the railroads connect the west coast with the rest of the countrty?
They gave them lots of land to build the tracks on. Another answer: railroads were given checker-board parcels of land on which to build their road beds, and afterward the railroads could sell the land for profit to settlers.
Why is or was copper used on railroads tracks?
The only purpose for copper that I have seen on railroad tracks is as a connector between rail ends for signal conductivity purposes
