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Q: What ensured a direct line across the American territory for the southern railroad to the Pacific?
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Who ensecured a direct line across the American territory for the southern railroad to the pacific?

Gadsden Purchase


When was Southern Pacific Railroad created?

Southern Pacific Railroad was created in 1865.


When did Southern Pacific Railroad end?

Southern Pacific Railroad ended in 1955.


When was Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot created?

Lebanon Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was created in 1908.


When was Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot created?

Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot was created in 1888.


What wireless giant started life as the Southern Pacific Communications Company a unit of the Southern Pacific Railroad?

in 1978 Southern Pacific Communications launched the Southern Pacific Railroad Intercontinental Network of Telecommunications (SPRINT)


What area of the United States is part of the Union Pacific Railroad territory?

Actually the Union Pacific Railroad is operated in 23 states of the Unites States. The territory reaches from the Pacific coast to Chicago and New Orleans to the west.


What are the two railroads involved in the transcontinental railroad?

Union Pacific and Central Pacific (became Southern Pacific).


What is the ticker symbol for Southern Pacific Railway?

The Southern Pacific Railroad was taken over by the Union Pacific Railroad/Corporation in 1996 and now trades under the ticker symbol UNP on the New York Stock Exchange.


What railroad was the first to go through Tucson and Yuma?

Southern Pacific


Was Leland Stanford on the Central Pacific Or the Union Pacific?

Stanford co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad on June 28, 1861. He also, with his partners, acquired control of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1868.


What two companies accepted the government's challenge to build the transcontinental rail line?

Union Pacific Railroad built the line westward and the Central Pacific Railroad built the line eastward. The first transcontinental railroad basically connected the east and the west of the United States. Central Pacific Railroad merged with Southern Pacific in 1885 and then Union Pacific bought Southern Pacific in 1996. Union Pacific still operates much of the rail from Central Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Railroad.