Nov. 18, 1883: Railroad Time Goes Coast to Coast

1883: U.S. and Canadian railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent. Everyone would soon be operating on “railroad time.” Noon on a well-made, properly paced sundial is whenever the sun is highest right there. The advent of mechanical timekeeping in the Middle Ages didn’t […]

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: NOVEMBER 18, 1883

Lot of 10 Old Vintage 1950's RAILS ACROSS AMERICA - Railroad / Train COMIC BOOKS

First transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia

New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad

The American Railway: The Trains, by Cooley, Thomas M.

Nov. 18, 1883: US railroads enact standard time zones

Southern Pacific history remembered - Trains

First transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia

Oregon Railway & Navigation Company

Railroads In The Gilded Age