The Orthosphere tells us that today marks the 150th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Vunderbar! But then he mentions that "While railroads in the sense of wheeled carts rolling on tracks have existed since antiquity . . .", which sends me on a Wiki-wander, which turns up an ancient railroad, or sorts, in ancient Greece.
The 5 mile long roadway was a rudimentary form of railway, and operated from c. 600 BC until the middle of the 1st century AD. -
Wikipedia
Going from one side of the Isthmus by sea would entail a
500 mile voyage which you might be able to complete in a day but could very easily take a week.
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