Sunday, October 23, 2011

How long did it take to get across the country on the transcontinental railroad?

From: "Daniella Lujambio" dannyvanilla@optonline.net

How long did it take to get across the country on the transcontinental railroad?

When was the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad unionized?

From: "Tricia Rankin" xangel82x@gmail.com

... My great grandfather started working for the railroad around 1900 (give or take a few years), my grandmother refers to it as the Northwest Railroad in Chicago Illinois. I could not find anything on the Northwest rail, but found a lot of information on Transcontinental railroad. Is this the same railroad? If so, I was curious to know when the workers became Unionized. My grandmother told me that he fought for the Union and did become a part of it, so I was hoping you had some information on that. ...

—Tricia Rankin