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Railroads


1946 President Truman seizes control of nation's railroads to delay a strike

1940 British railroads nationalized

1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads

1883 Standard time zones forms by railroads in U.S. and Canada

1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads

1855 Western railroads blocked by snow


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