Railroads - Texas History

A train station

• locomotive

• depot

• track

• trade

Train Engine

• track

• depot

• junction

• locomotive

Point at which two railroads meet

• junction

• depot

• track

• train

Buy and sell products

• train

• shop

• trade

• order

Rails, fasteners, ties on which trains run

• road

• tracks

• locomotive

• depot

Person who moves to new land

• mover

• traveler

• immigrant

• newcomer

Homeland of many Texas immigrants who helped build railroad system

• England

• France

• Spain

• China

To grow or evolve very quickly; rapid increase in popularity

• spread

• shoot

• travel

• boom

What was the energy source that powered early trains in Historic Texas?

• lumber

• nuclear power

• electricity

• coal

Why were railroads needed in Historic Texas

• Horse-drawn carriages were too slow.

• Steamboats could not travel through shallow rivers.

• Roads were poorly made and sometimes muddy.

• All of the above