First Transcontinental Railroad
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The First Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a railroad line built in the United States of America between 1863 and 1869 by the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad that connected its statutory Eastern terminus at Council Bluffs, Iowa/Omaha, Nebraska (via Ogden, Utah, and Sacramento, California) with the Pacific Ocean at Oakland, California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco. By linking with the existing railway network of the Eastern United States, the road thus connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States by rail for the first time. The line was popularly known as the Overland Route after the principal passenger rail service that operated over the length of the line through the end of 1962.
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| "I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transco... "I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad" edsitement.neh.gov/.../i-hear-locomotives-impact-transcontinental-railroad - Web |
| Golden Spike National Historical Site in Utah Golden Spike National Historical Site in Utah www.nps.gov/gosp/ - Web |
| Route map at the Library of Congress Route map at the Library of Congress memory.loc.gov/.../gmd:@FILREQ(@field(SUBJ+@od1(Continental+Railway+))+@FIELD(COLLID+rrmap)) - Web |
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| Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Muse... Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum CPRR.org - Web |
| Union Pacific Railroad History Union Pacific Railroad History www.uprr.com/aboutup/history/ - Web |
| The Transcontinental Railroad The Transcontinental Railroad bushong.net/dawn/about/college/ids100/ - Web |
| Pacific Railway Act and related resources at the L... Pacific Railway Act and related resources at the Library of Congress www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PacificRail.html - Web |
| Collections Canada: History of the Grand Trunk Rai... Collections Canada: History of the Grand Trunk Railroad www.collectionscanada.ca/confederation/023001-2997-e.html - Web |
| Chinese-American Contribution to transcontinental ... Chinese-American Contribution to transcontinental railroad cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html - Web |
| Abandoned route of the transcontinental railroad i... Abandoned route of the transcontinental railroad in Utah (with map) www.abandonedrails.com/article.asp?id=202 - Web |
| Booknotes interview with David Howard Bain on Empi... Booknotes interview with David Howard Bain on Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad, March 5, 2000. www.booknotes.org/Watch/155004-1/David+Haward+Bain.aspx - Web |
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| Linda Hall Library's Transcontinental Railroad edu... Linda Hall Library's Transcontinental Railroad educational site with free, full-text access to 19th century American railroad periodicals railroad.lindahall.org - Web |
