The standard historical interpretation holds that the railroads were central to the development of a national market in the United States and served as a model of how to organize, finance and manage a large corporation.
标准的历史阐释认为，铁路在美国的全国性市场的发展中处于中心地位，并且成为了如何组织、投资和管理一个大型企业集团的典范。