Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company, 248 N.Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99, decided by the New York Court of Appeals in 1928, established the principle in TORT LAW that one who is negligent is liable only for the harm or the injury that is fore-seeable and not for every injuryRead More →
2. The Underground Railroad operated throughout the South. 3. Most fugitive slaves who made it to the North found sanctuary along the way in secret rooms concealed in attics or cellars, and many escaped through tunnels. Do parts of the Underground Railroad still exist? Nearly two-thirds of those sites stillRead More →
The first railroad track in the United States was only 13 miles long, but it caused a lot of excitement when it opened in 1830. Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, laid the first stone when construction on the track began at Baltimore harbor onRead More →
Before you begin to cross, wait for gates to fully rise and for all lights to stop flashing. Never assume that there is only one train coming from a single direction. If your car stalls on a rail track, quickly get everyone out – even if you don’t see aRead More →
The Old North Church is the secret headquarters of the Railroad. What is the railroad code? Here’s the code: 1R (fReedom) 2A (trAil) 3I (traIl) 4L (traiL) 5R (tRail) 60 (freedOm) 7A (trAil) 8D (freeDom) 7. Turn the dial and set the indicated letter in this order. Press the centerRead More →
The best properties to buy in Monopoly are the Oranges (New York Avenue, Tennessee Avenue, and St. James Place). The Orange properties are landed on most often as they are positioned 6, 8, and 9 squares after the popular Jail space. They also have one of the best ROIs ofRead More →
Farner left the band in 1983 for a solo career, returned in the mid-1990s then left for good in 1998. The lawsuit alleges trademark infringement, unfair competition and violation of a 2004 permanent injunction signed by now-retired Judge Robert Holmes Bell. Is Mark Farner touring with Grand Funk? In theRead More →
Although the transcontinental railroads dominated the media, with the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 dramatically symbolizing the nation’s unification after the divisiveness of the Civil War, most construction actually took place in the industrial Northeast and agricultural Midwest, and was … Where was the first railroad builtRead More →
“When people hear ‘railroad’, they automatically think it was a train,” Jones adds. “The underground railroad was just a metaphor for a movement of people to be able to organise a network of abolitionists and freedom seekers.” Were there tunnels in the Underground Railroad? Despite these laws, thousands of slavesRead More →
The story goes that on May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the west were connected to the Union Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the east in Promontory Summit, Utah. Where did East and West railroads meet? When East Meets West: The Last Spike of the Transcontinental Railroad. OnRead More →