Railroads Create First Time Zones

By OAN Reporting Staff

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At exactly noon on this day, American and Canadian railroads begin using four continental time zones to end the confusion of dealing with thousands of local times. The bold move was emblematic of the power shared by the railroad companies and the ability of the free market to create solutions to problems instead of the government.

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