The same year, Park purchased controlling interest in the Panama Railroad and was elected its President.

This effort included the purchase of the majority stake of the Panama Railroad.

The demise of the Panama Railroad in the late 1980s further cut the town off from the rest of the Canal area.

After the Panama Railroad was completed in 1855 with a cost of about 5,000 lives and $8,000,000 the Mexico route was almost shut down.

He sold his interest in the Panama Railroad in the winter of 1853.

An estimated 12,000 laborers die during the construction of the Panama Railroad, particularly from malaria and yellow fever.

Despite being only 76km long, the Panama Railroad requires 304 bridges and culverts.

(The Panama Railroad was soon built to provide a faster crossing.)

He came to Panama in 1855 and started working on the Panama Railroad as a doctor.

His most important work was as chief doctor of the Panama Railroad.