Other
Management Control: The Cases of Daniel Mc Callum and Gustavus Swift
Scroll down to the paragraphs about Gustavus Swift for a description of his company's innovative organization that introduced vertical integration to the cattle business.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Our Story: All Aboard the Train!
Activities and resources, built around a reading of Jingle the Brass by Patricia Newman, for teaching young learners about the importance of railroads in American history.
Other
Granville T. Woods
Read a brief biography of Graville T. Woods, known as "The Black Edison" because of the multitude and scope of his inventions. Perhaps his most important was a way for trains to communicate with each other.
Other
History Magazine: The Impact of Refrigeration
Scroll through this history of refrigeration to the sections that deal with the refrigerated rail car and how that revolutionized the shipping of meat, at first, and later other perishable products.
Curated OER
Black Inventor Online Museum: Andrew Beard
A short biography of Andrew Beard, whose invention improved the safety of railroads in the 19th century.