Who Built the Railroads?: A Need Arises for a Trans-Siberian Railway
This series that I have entitled “Who Built the Railroads?” focuses on the workers, many of whom were immigrant laborers, who built the transcontinental railroad in the United States and the Trans-Siberian Railway in Russia. Part 1 was an introduction to the immigrant laborers who comprised the majority of the labor force. Part 2, A Need Arises for a Trans-Siberian Railway The moniker “Trans-Siberian Railway” is a foreign term that has been applied to the railway, as there is no organizational unit controlling it. The railway is divided among more than a half-dozen administrative units.[1] The Trans-Siberian Railway spans Russia, commencing...