"One Hundred Years of Railroad Development" is a historical ... and entertaining overview of how railroads transformed transportation in the United States. Blending documentary style with ...

Social Science History 34(2): 171–197 ... Transport investment and the promotion of economic growth. Journal of Transport Geography 9: 209–218. Cavallo, R. 2007. Railway and the Dutch city. In ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a pioneering railway engineer who designed steam trains, oversaw the construction of new railway tracks and built bridges and tunnels along his railway routes.

Once railways were established as Britain's newest and fastest communication and transport system ... People were willing to invest in railway stocks and this boosted Britain's economy.