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Various inventors and entreprueners begin to formulate ideas modeling the railroad system. John Stevens builds a test track and runs a train around it.
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The B&O railroad was the first common carrier and class I railroad in the US. It extended as far as Sataten Island, NY and as far west as Illinois. Most surviving parts are owned by CSX Transportation.
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The Idianaopolis Union Station is the first "union" station in the world. It was opened by the Terre Haute & Richmond, Madison & Indianapolis, and Bellefontaine railroads. Amtrak still serves this staton today.
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George Pullman becomes well known for his luxury sleeping cars. As a result they named "pullman" cars in his honor. He also loaned one of his cars to house the coffin Abraham Lincoln after his assassination.
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The new adoption of stndard time was not embraced in the beginning. The first man to realize the adoption was amateur astronomer, William Lambert. He proposed this plan to congress.
