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The Classic Western American Railroad Routes: With Mile by Mile Full Color Route Maps and Hundreds of Postcards, Contemporary Paintings and Ephemera Overtures violent place things are rarelyIn 1869 the east and west coasts of the USA were at last linked by rail, launching what is now known as the golden age of the railroad. Within twenty years several other major transcontinental routes had been opened, and the railroad companies who had invested millions of dollars need to attract both freight and passengers. To celebrate these pioneering routes, the railroad companies, enterprising publishers and even the United States Geological