Transcontinental Railroad - Construction, Competition & Impact

In 1862, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies began building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies raced toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side to Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad

Effects of Transportation on the Economy

Binding the Nation by Rail []

The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad

Financing the Transcontinental Railroad

Promontory Summit

Cultural Impact - The Transcontinental Railroad

Contributions of the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers

Transcontinental Railroad Definition, Importance & History

transcontinental railroad - Students, Britannica Kids

How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US

The Railroad That Changed America

What It Was Like To Be A Worker On The Transcontinental Railroad