A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. == North America == During the construction of the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, laborers lived in temporary work camps, nicknamed "Hell on Wheels," that moved along the Union Pacific Railroad as construction headed west.
A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. == North America == During the construction of the first transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, laborers lived in temporary work camps, nicknamed "Hell on Wheels," that moved along the Union Pacific Railroad as construction headed west.
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