> early British railroads cost $179,000 per mile to build If that's in 1850 dollars, that's $7,434,833 in today's dollars. Incredibly cheap by today's standar

> early British railroads cost $179,000 per mile to build If that's in 1850 dollars, that's $7,434,833 in today's dollars. Incredibly cheap by today's standards. Today's railways have higher quality and standards of course.