The railway card of the United States shows, that the majority of parts of our country has densely

The railway card of the United States shows, that the majority of parts of our country has densely weaved network of railways. Distance of our lines of the railway - now 184 000 miles, actual length of a trace on these roads which are approximately of 245 000 miles. Value of these big numbers becomes a declaration considerable quantity when comparison is made between length of our railways and length of that of Europe and that of the world. Railways in the United States include more than four ninth full railway distance of the world, and are much longer than railways of all countries of incorporated Europe. Graphically following diagramme shows the facts: