This painting by Carl Rakeman helps illustrate when Peter Coopers Tom Thumb raced a horse and lost.

fhwa.dot.gov. September 14, 2011. U.S. Department of Transportation. April 7, 2013 <http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/rakeman/1830.htm>. The steam powered part of a train was invented by John Stevens.

voteview.com. Kieth Poole, 2012. January 4, 2013 <http://voteview.com/rtopic5_ucsd_1.htm>. Steam powered trains were inspired by Fultons steam boats. nysed.gov. December 3, 2012. New York State Education Department. January 6, 2012 <http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/mssc/steamboats/fulton2.htm>. The train on the left has a cow catcher on it to push aside animals that might be nearby the train.

engrailhistory.info. January, 2012. January 20, 2013 <http://www.engrailhistory.info/r068.html>.

The Rochester Junction, on left, was one of many towns that needed to have a railroad business in their town to succeed. crookedlakereview.com. John G. Sheret, 2006. January 20, 2013 <http://www.crookedlakereview.com/articles/136_150/140summer2006/140sheret.html>.

Robberies on trains were very common and hard to avoid.

legendsofamerica.com. 2013. January 26, 2013 <http://www.legendsofamerica.com/rr-railroadhighwaymen.html>. The railway business was forcing Native Americans to leave their sacred lands and move farther west.

paintingsoncanvas.net. January 28, 2013 <http://www.paintingsoncanvas.net/print-63241-4051648/native-americans-plains-peoplemoving-camp-1897-giclee-print/>. Fred Harvey improved dining cars on trains to make them more pleasant and relaxing. texashistory.unt.edu. April 3, 2013. University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. April 4, 2013 <http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28759/>. This picture helped show the flanges on trains. Flanges are used to keep trains from falling off the tracks.

I took this picture, Primary Source. George Stephensons Locomotion is the first public passenger train, 1825. Spartacus Educational. Peter McMillan. April 4, 2013 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlocomotion.htm>. This is a picture of George Stephenson, an English engineer that designed railways. Spartacus Educational. Peter McMillan. April 4, 2013 <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAstephensonG.htm>.

This is a portrait of George Stephenson. He invented the first public passenger train for public railways.

bbc.co.uk. 2013. BBC. April 3, 2013 <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/famouspeople/george_stephenson/>.

This is a portrait of John Stevens. John Stevens is considered the father of American railroads for demonstrating the feasibility of his steam powered locomotive.

amhistory.si.edu. January 25, 2002. April 6, 2013 <http://amhistory.si.edu/archives/images/d8333-1.jpg>.

The Pinkerton Detective Agency was founded by Allan Pinkerton in 1850. The agency caught many criminals and train robbers.

Pinkerton.com. 2013. Pinkerton Consulting & Investigations. April 7, 2013 <http://www.pinkerton.com/history>.