What is the first example of a nation where the first railroad network system was somebody's master plan?
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Canada is the country that it is today because the first Prime Minister, John A. MacDonald pushed for the rail to reach from one ocean to the other. The railroad was the main focus of his agenda.
He capitalized on an uprising in the west in 1885 to demonstrate the value of rail in transporting soldiers.
http://www.canadahistory.com/sections/eras/nation%20building/Railroad.html
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