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Workers of the Central and Union Pacific Railroad
Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and ...
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Building the Transcontinental Railroad
Browse a photo gallery of settlers, Native Americans, and workers whose lives were affected by the railroad as it traversed the West.
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NOTES FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.; THE RAILROAD TOLL BILL-TAX COLLECTORS TO BE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE--QUARANTINE-- NEW-YORK CHARTERS--THE OMNIBUS AT BEST
ALBANY, Saturday, March 10, 1860. The bill to impose tolls on railroads ... upon all property transported hereafter upon the New-York Central Railroad, the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad, the ...
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Railroad workers union says workplace conditions such as long hours and lack of sick days will only lead to more tragedies like the Ohio derailment
Months after preparing to strike, train workers unions are blaming US railroad companies' labor practices for the disaster in Ohio — and say without change, it's only a matter of time before ...