 | America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous... 144 KB (18,839 words) - 16:30, 28 April 2024 |
 | A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different... 46 KB (5,506 words) - 18:18, 29 April 2024 |
 | the first transcontinental railroad project, later known as the Overland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the... 84 KB (7,710 words) - 19:08, 1 May 2024 |
 | The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) was a line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States... 9 KB (973 words) - 15:47, 31 January 2024 |
 | of the "First transcontinental railroad" in North America. Incorporated in 1861, CPRR ceased independent operations in 1875 when the railroad was leased... 49 KB (5,595 words) - 15:38, 28 April 2024 |
Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 were a series of acts of Congress that promoted the construction of a "transcontinental railroad" (the Pacific Railroad) in... 15 KB (1,689 words) - 12:55, 2 May 2024 |
 | portion through the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, built from the mid-continent at the Missouri... 7 KB (741 words) - 20:13, 9 April 2024 |
Francisco Bay, the westernmost portion of the First transcontinental railroad. After the completion of the railroad from Sacramento to Alameda Terminal on September... 31 KB (3,268 words) - 16:44, 21 January 2024 |
 | the first transcontinental railroad was built, to join California with the rest of the national network, at a connection in Iowa. Railroads expanded throughout... 66 KB (7,811 words) - 22:25, 6 March 2024 |
 | Niles Canyon Railway (category Heritage railroads in California) Canyon Railway (NCRy) is a heritage railway running on the first transcontinental railroad alignment (1866, 1869) through Niles Canyon, between Sunol... 35 KB (3,306 words) - 21:38, 22 April 2024 |
 | Theodore Judah (category First transcontinental railroad) establishment, and design of the First transcontinental railroad. He found investors for what became the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR). As chief engineer,... 22 KB (2,551 words) - 22:23, 22 February 2024 |
 | Golden spike (category First transcontinental railroad) the first transcontinental railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from... 33 KB (3,896 words) - 03:27, 5 May 2024 |
 | growth. Railroads not only increased the speed of transport, they also dramatically lowered its cost. For example, the first transcontinental railroad resulted... 103 KB (12,719 words) - 16:29, 6 April 2024 |
 | lines were joined in Utah on May 10, 1869, hence creating the first transcontinental railroad in North America. Interstate 80, built in the 1950s, paralleled... 62 KB (7,500 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024 |
 | Charles Crocker (category 19th-century American railroad executives) westernmost portion of the first transcontinental railroad, and took control with partners of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Crocker was born in Troy, New... 19 KB (1,780 words) - 02:05, 17 April 2024 |
 | separate destinations. Use of the trail declined after the first transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, making the trip west substantially faster... 143 KB (19,100 words) - 00:12, 24 April 2024 |
 | Lathrop, California (category First transcontinental railroad) Lathrop was developed around railroad interests. The town was founded around 1868 when the first transcontinental railroad was extended to the area after... 25 KB (2,267 words) - 21:09, 26 April 2024 |
 | I-80 follows the historical routes of the California Trail, first transcontinental railroad and Feather River Route throughout portions of Nevada. Throughout... 32 KB (1,564 words) - 20:19, 10 July 2023 |
 | 22, 1876) was an influential figure in the building of the first transcontinental railroad, as well as in building water systems for mining in the Sierra... 15 KB (1,835 words) - 16:43, 7 December 2023 |
 | Promontory, Utah (category First transcontinental railroad) is notable as the location of Promontory Summit, where the First transcontinental railroad from Sacramento to Omaha in the United States was officially... 22 KB (2,762 words) - 23:45, 4 May 2024 |
 | Golden Spike National Historical Park (category First transcontinental railroad) the completion of the first Transcontinental Railroad where the Central Pacific Railroad and the first Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869. The... 19 KB (1,982 words) - 23:12, 27 April 2024 |
 | Gilded Age (section Railroad controversy) especially heavy industry like factories, railroads, and coal mining. In 1869, the first transcontinental railroad opened up the far-west mining and ranching... 149 KB (17,061 words) - 21:09, 27 April 2024 |
 | of Nevada and California, the first transcontinental airmail route, and the route of the first transcontinental railroad, except for the vicinity of the... 36 KB (3,377 words) - 02:34, 30 April 2024 |
 | miles (21.7 km) section of the original 1869 grade of the first transcontinental railroad. Its raised grade (trackway), 11 trestles, and 21 culverts... 4 KB (414 words) - 05:57, 5 August 2023 |
American Western television series about the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States, which broadcast in the United States... 79 KB (6,165 words) - 16:35, 17 March 2024 |
 | Crédit Mobilier scandal (category Union Pacific Railroad) Pacific Railroad and the Crédit Mobilier of America construction company in the building of the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad. The... 21 KB (2,520 words) - 21:34, 22 March 2024 |
 | Union Pacific Big Boy (category Union Pacific Railroad locomotives) rebuilt to operating condition for the 150th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad. It thus regained the title as the largest and most powerful... 41 KB (3,227 words) - 21:57, 29 April 2024 |
 | Union Pacific No. 119 (category Union Pacific Railroad locomotives) Railroad's Jupiter at Promontory Summit, Utah, during the Golden Spike ceremony commemorating the completion of the First transcontinental railroad in... 7 KB (770 words) - 23:22, 4 January 2024 |
 | Hell on Wheels (category Union Pacific Railroad) followed the army of Union Pacific Railroad workers westward as they constructed the first transcontinental railroad in 1860s North America. The huge numbers... 7 KB (633 words) - 11:20, 14 December 2023 |
 | successful dry-goods merchant and transcontinental railroad promoter. He was one of the first backers of an American transcontinental railway. A trip to China... 9 KB (1,115 words) - 15:39, 16 May 2023 |