Working on the Railroad

by Robert L Bryan

It was on Christmas Day,1830, that Nicholas Darrell stood upon the platform of the "Best Friend of Charleston," and operated the first mechanical passenger train carrying 141 passengers along 6-miles of track at the break neck speed of 20 miles per hour. That trip marked the birth of the modern railroad industry and Nicholas Darrell became a pioneer railroader. Since that Christmas journey the railroad has become an American institution with hundreds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CD336HS3
• ISBN13: 9798223207221
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Robert L. Bryan
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"