Talk:Tuscumbia, Courtland and Decatur Railroad

First in the west
I cut the claim that it was the first "railroad to be built west of the Appalachian Mountains in the United States". The Pontchartrain Rail-Road in New Orleans is clearly also west of the Appalachians, and predates it by a couple years. Discuss "first" claims on Talk:Oldest railroads in North America. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 21:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
 * When I wrote that, the article gave the start date as 1836, postdating the Pontchartrain; the 1829 start date now predates that. By the way, when were steam locomotives introduced to the line? -- Infrogmation 00:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
 * And now I see it's at 1832-34, and no claim is made as to being first west of the Appalacian. -- Infrogmation (talk) 21:12, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Sources for future expansion
These contemporary sources, courtesy of Google Books, can be used to expand and improve this article. - Dravecky (talk) 20:07, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
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