Railroads

137%

C. Railroad mileage by states.

Rank

2
3

4
5
6
1
b
J
10
11
12

Hice RaiLroaD MILEAGE

State

Texas
[llinois
Pennsylvania
Towa
Kansas
Minnesota
Ohio
Michigan
New York
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*Tissour?
Nisconsr

Mileage

16,085
12,126
{1,637
9,807
9,386
3,143
0.012
3,888
389
1,268
1703
7.509

Rank

37
38
9
0)

i
9
‘q

1

0
6
7

A
3

Low RAILROAD MILEAGE

State

Arizona
New Jersey
“Taine
Mtah
Massachusetts
Wyoming
Maryland
New Hampshire
Vermont
Connecticut
Delaware
Rhode Island

Mileage

2,479
2,352
2,269
2,161
2,126
1,931
1,440
1,253
1,081
599
335
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_-1.

 Let each pupil choose one state from each column and explain why the
state holds a high or a low rank in railroad mileage. The following points.
as well as others, should be considered :
(a) Size of state ¢.™ Number of large cities (g) Presence of trans-(b)
 Population Relief continental railways
(c) Supply of freigh. Waterways (h) Climate
D. Regional railroads of the United States.
How is the relief of the land indicated by the route taken by the Southern
Pacific Railroad from the Puget Sound cities and Portland to San Francisco?
 Trace the course of the railroads in California and explain the
routes they take from San Francisco.
Name three commodities which the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico
supply to the Southern Railway Company.
3. Name five cities served by the Seaboard and Atlantic Coast lines.
1. What line carries New England’s manufactured goods to the New York
market ?
Suppose all the railroad lines entering New York City were cut off. How
soon would people be in distress for food? For what foods would they
suffer first?

E.
l.

Study of a local railroad.
Visit a freight yard and observe a freight train. What railroads own the
various cars? Where is each road located? From the location of the
road and the kind of car, can you decide what commodity the car may
have brought when it originally came to your vicinity ?