Railroads that have been abandoned around the United States
From the settlements in the west to the Industrial Revolution in the east, railways played a critical part in the development of America. The first railroad was built in the year 1827. John Stevens envisioned the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which served both freight and passenger transportation.
As shown on the map, the majority of the abandoned railways are in the east, with the west slowly expanding. With early settlements, delayed building, the 1893 economic collapse, which halted many projects, and the ultimate invention of the automobile and airplane, which would become the more popular method of transportation, this pattern makes sense.
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