Santa Fe - Great Northern.
You sit down on the rim of the toilet and push. you may have some trouble with this but this is how it was done in the transcontinental railroad
some problems were...
The Transcontinental Railroad helped to connect the East with the West, increased trade between the East and the West, and helped with the growth of the US.
weather and the money
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I don't quite know, but transcontinental is continent size right. Well, maybe a smaller railroad like a state railroad or a city railroad. Those are some suggestions but there really is no antonym. I like Michael!
Spokane, Tacoma, Seattle
about 10,000 Irish men died during the making of the transcontinental railroad. Some Irish people died because of the squads were dynamite squads and sometimes blew up.
The simplest answer is because it linked the nation from coast to coast for the first time. Try this site for some more info: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/goldenspike.htm
It took 6 years to build the transcontinental railroad which was through the years of 1863 from May 10th to the year 1869. Some say 20 years. Overland route came after.
The Native Americans were adversely affected by the transcontinental railroad. The railroad created an influx of people that killed off the buffalo and created a food shortage for the Native Americans.
1843-1869 in 1869 the transcontinental railroad was built.