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Why did some Southern Pacific railroad employees live in homes by the rail tracks in Ca?
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It usually had to do with the convenience to the Southern Pacific. For example bridge tenders were there to put out fires on the bridge. By living next to the bridge the bridge tender could go out on the bridge to put out fires caused by sparks from the steam engine right after the train crossed over the bridge.
Station agents were often provided quarters over the depot. That way they were available when ever they were needed at the depot, even after hours.
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Did the central pacific railroad lay more tracks or did the union pacific railroad lay down more tracks?
union pacific
Where is the last golden railroad spike?
The last golden railroad spike is at Promontory, Utah May 10, 1869,as the Union Pacific Tracks joined the Central Pacific railroad tracks
What was the Central Pacific Railroad?
The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a transportation means built from California to Utah between 1863 and 1869. The CPRR was the western part of North America's First Transcontinental Railroad. The CPRR's tracks met with Union Pacific tracks in Promontory, northern Utah, on May 10, 1869.
Where did the two tracks of the railroad meet?
If this question refers to the US's transcontinental railroad, then the answer is Promontory Point, Utah. There in the Spring of 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met, creating the US's transcontinental railroad.
Why is there so many railroad tracks at Bill Wyoming?
It is an excellent rural site for the Union Pacific to establish a siding.
Is there railroad tracks in south America?
There are a lot of railroad tracks in South America.
How did Union Pacific investors get rich in the Credit Mobilier scandal?
acheiving monopoly in hauling freight along their railroad's tracks
What took place when the workers connected the central pacific and the union pacific?
On May 10, 1869, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad met at Promontory Summit, UT with 1,800 miles of new tracks laid.
How many miles of railroad tracks are in Egypt?
There are 7,021 miles of railroad tracks currently in Egypt
A framework built to carry railroad tracks what does a framework built to carry railroad tracks?
Trestles
Who were the owners of the transcontinental railroad?
The Federal government paid the two railroad companies that built it by granting them sections (one square mile) on alternating sides of any tracks that they built. The railroad companies could do whatever they wanted with this land and often sold it off. Many other western railroads were later funded the same way.
What is the tracks for train called?
train tracks or a railroad
