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Give one example of corruption within the railroad industry.

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Way too much money to fund.

Step-by-step explanation:

Union Pacific Railroad executives formed a sham construction company, Crédit Mobilier, that submitted bills for nearly double the construction cost of the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad and pocketed the overcharges.

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