Working on the Railroad is featured in the Mezzanine Gallery of the History Museum near the Fred Harvey installation. Opening October 18 and running through a date to be determined in 2021. All workers are represented – women, people of color, immigrants, young and old – and most jobs are represented, both on and off the tracks.įrom steel gangs to machinists and car cleaners to conductors, every role in the railroad industry served an important purpose. Working on the Railroad tells another side of New Mexico’s locomotive history that makes no mention of passenger trains or tourism visitors will leave the exhibition with a greater appreciation of the difficulty of this work. On a national scale, by the time women were granted the vote under the 19th Amendment in 1920, one out of every 50 citizens worked for the railroad this number increased exponentially during US involvement in World War II. Due to its unique history and scenic beauty, the Transcontinental. During the Middle Ages most heavy or bulky items were carried. It was not an actual railroad, but it served the same purposeit transported people long distances. The name Underground Railroad was used metaphorically, not literally. In addition to the homegrown workforce, the railroad also brought immigrant Chinese, European, and Mexican laborers to New Mexico. Interpretive signs better explain the surrounding landscape, bringing ghost towns to life. The earliest railroads reinforced transportation patterns that had developed centuries before. During the era of slavery, the Underground Railroad was a network of routes, places, and people that helped enslaved people in the American South escape to the North. When the railroad came to New Mexico in 1879, it brought thousands of job opportunities for local people from rural villages, reservations, and larger towns. ![]() ![]() ![]() They came from all over, and through back-breaking manual labor, railroad workers transformed the United States and impacted millions of lives. This line was jointly acquired by the Pennsylvania and Big Four Railroads in 1902 and was incorporated March 16, 1903, as the Central Indiana Railway Company.
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