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BUSINESS OF THE RAILROAD One of the first big business of 1850s started with the development of the railroad. Before the civil war was the trunk line railroads, witch controlled 500 miles of track each, and had hundreds of employees. The late 1860s and early 1870s the New York central and many other railroads ran through the west. A major accomplishment was set fourth when entrepreneurs completed the first Transcontinental line, and construction was a hard …

…to run the trains. All this was a big impact to the railroad businesses total well being. Without the start of management throughout the railroads the turn out of transportation across the United States would have turned out in a negative way. But as you may see today it turned into a positive way of doing business. If it was not for the creation of the railroad we would not be were we are today.