I was named for connecting East to West America. It gave access from coast to coast of the continent. That is how it got its name, the Transcontinental Railroad.
Another name for the transcontinental railroad is the Pacific Railroad. This term often refers to the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, which connected the eastern rail network with the Pacific coast, facilitating westward expansion and commerce.
Central Pacific Railroad.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
why did they build the transcontinental railroad
a railroad that runs across the contient... the transcontinental railroad is a railroad that reaches from North Carolina to California.
It was in the underground railroad...wait that was for the nigs...sorry
The Transcontinental Railroad Acts, also known as the Pacific Railroad acts, were acts passed in the early 1860s to encourage the construction of the transcontinental railroad. Construction was incentivized by giving land and bonds to the railroad companies.
Asa Whitney thought of the Transcontinental Railroad after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
The transcontinental railroad ended in Utah with a golden spike and bronze spike.
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
The transcontinental railroad is 690 miles long.