The Industrial Revolution was a prosperous time in European history with emergence of new ideas, processes, and technology highlighting its achievements. The railroad impacted the Industrial Revolution for many important reasons. The first was that it allowed for people to move further from their place of birth to find work, a life, or a new start. Another reason it impacted the Industrial revolution was because it made transportation of raw materials, like coal, iron, textiles, and other consumer goods a lot faster and cheaper for businesses to send to the consumers all across Europe. Because the goods were cheaper the uses of these materials skyrocketed and became more widely used, iron for example was used in ships and other machines, across…