Unchartered Territory
Sweating in the sun
This work is never done
Laboring long hours
Sunny days and snow showers
From dawn until twilight
We give with all our might
Lay one down ,then one more
Before long, one thousand forty-four
We are paving the way, you see
For you to travel effortlessly
Places still unknown to man
" if we can't handle it, nobody can"
Miles and miles and always more
Not knowing what may lie in store
Continue to toil away
Laying track day after day
Innovation has to start somewhere
Someday these trucks will get you there
From sea to mountain top
Every town will have a stop
As we lay down the last
Future will become a thing of the past
Expanding the horizons west
Along the way, many were laid to rest
Unmarked graves, forever unknown
Lost to the wilderness overgrown
Not for fortune do we perspire
Only fame we will never acquire
Going out in a blaze of glory
Only honor told in a tall story
A century gone; efforts we have forgot
Those that laid the railroad; all for naught
Railroads, a Historical Glance Back
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