USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, people traveled across the American West mainly by stagecoach . While railroads were available in the East, travel through the West was a slow, laborious process.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the beginning of the century, U.S. citizens and immigrants to the country traveled primarily by horseback or on the rivers. After a while, crude roads were built and then canals. Before long the railroads crisscrossed the country moving people and goods with greater efficiency.

Detailed explanation-3: -The history of Indian Railways dates back to over 160 years ago. On 16th April 1853, the first passenger train ran between Bori Bunder (Bombay) and Thane, a distance of 34 km. It was operated by three locomotives, named Sahib, Sultan and Sindh, and had thirteen carriages.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fastest mode of transportation people used prior to the locomotive was the stagecoach, which traveled one-third the speed of the locomotive.

Detailed explanation-5: -Route. Route of the first American transcontinental railroad from Sacramento, California, to Omaha, Nebraska. The route followed the main trails used for the opening of the West pioneered by the Oregon, Mormon, California Trails and the Pony Express.