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第一条合法运送货物与乘客的铁路：1827年2月28日
当巴尔地摩与俄亥俄铁道公司完成西维吉尼亚的会林 (Wheeling,
West Virginia) 铁道时，巴尔地摩与俄亥俄河终于在1852年藉由铁路连结在一起。后来，铁道又延伸到芝加哥、圣路易士，以及克里夫兰等地。到了1869年，「中部太平洋线」 (Central
Pacific) 与「美国太平洋线」 (Union
Pacific
) 会合，成为第一条跨大陆的铁道。虽然许多拓荒者仍然驾着马车到西部开拓，但是因为火车的速度比较快，而且班次较多。因此来往东西部的人数也越来越多。
此外，火车旅行对许多人都有浪漫的吸引力。歌曲、故事、诗文，以及戏剧等等，都以铁路作为背景。在此你可以听到拜隆．柯芬 (Byron
Coffin) 唱的歌，内容是有关一个叫做凯西．琼斯 (Casey
Jones) 与一趟重要的火车旅程的故事。
Baltimore and the Ohio River were connected by rail in 1852, when the B&O was completed at Wheeling, West Virginia. Later extensions brought the line to Chicago, St. Louis, and Cleveland. In 1869, the Central Pacific line and the Union Pacific line joined to create the first transcontinental railroad. Pioneers continued to travel west by covered wagon, but as trains became faster and more frequent, settlements across the continent grew larger and more quickly.
Train travel continues to hold a romantic appeal for many people. Songs, stories, poems and plays have been written about the railways. Here you can listen to Byron Coffin sing about engineer Casey Jones and his fateful last ride on the rails.
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AUDIO CREDIT: Coffin, Byron, Sr., vocals, and Mrs. Byron Coffin, Sr., piano. "Casey Jones," Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell, April 6, 1939. California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.
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