transcontinental railroad

A train route across the United States, finished in 1869. It was the project of two railroad companies: the Union Pacific built from the east, and the Central Pacific built from the west. The two lines met in Utah . The Central Pacific laborers were predominantly Chinese, and the Union Pacific laborers predominantly Irish. Both groups often worked under harsh conditions.

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Then there was that amazing by-product of the Civil War, the Transcontinental Railroad.

The most remarkable fact about the Transcontinental Railroad was how well Americans understood its purpose, and its benefits.

Such was the man who was the real power behind the Southern and Transcontinental Railroad.

And that is why there was a panic to-day among the directors of the Southern and Transcontinental Railroad.

Also, the Gophertown folk had recently received a warning letter from the superintendent of a transcontinental railroad.

This was Park Stanley, charged at that time with the construction of the first transcontinental railroad.

That extraordinary attempt, the first transcontinental railroad, was soon to be begun and was to be finished six years later.

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