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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 railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay. [1]
The route of the first transcontinental railroad would determine whether slaves could be legally and efficiently trafficked into these geographically isolated territories. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] So the route was not just ancillary to free soil policy, but could ultimately affect the balance of power between the north and south in Congress when new states ...
The Overland Limited leaving 16th Street station (Oakland), in 1906. The Overland Route was a train route operated jointly by the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad, between the eastern termini of Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska, [1] and the San Francisco Bay Area, over the grade of the first transcontinental railroad (aka the "Pacific ...
A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage [1] that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks may be via the tracks of a single railroad, or via several railroads owned or controlled by multiple railway companies along a continuous route.
The first bore through the Sierras, Tunnel Number 6, was built as part of the first transcontinental railroad.In 1901, Southern Pacific Company proposed building a long tunnel via a new alignment to both lower the track elevation and cut several miles off of the Donner Pass route. [3]
1872 - Thomas A. Scott, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, becomes president of the Texas & Pacific. May 2, 1872 - an Act of Congress changes the name to Texas and Pacific Railway Company; June 12, 1873 - Memphis, El Paso and Pacific Railroad Company purchased. July 1, 1873 - First rail line opened between Longview, Texas, and Dallas, Texas
Map of the Colorado and Southern Railway lines, including the Fort Worth and Denver City lines in Texas. The FW&DC was the first rail line to penetrate the northwest part of Texas, which contributed greatly to the growth of Texas cities such as Wichita Falls, Childress, Amarillo, and Dalhart. In addition, the railroad actively promoted ...
“East meets West” at the completion of the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. The Central Pacific Railroad locomotive “Jupiter” is on the left, and Union Pacific No. 119 on the right. The only two members of the Central Pacific board of directors to attend the ceremony were Leland Stanford and ...