The phone number of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: 530-832-4131.
The address of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: 700 Western Pacific Way, Portola, CA 96122
The web address of the Western Pacific Railroad Museum In Portola is: http://www.wplives.org
Western Pacific Railroad was created in 1916.
Western Pacific Railroad ended in 1987.
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco, California and ended in Council Bluff, Iowa. Three private railroad companies joined forces to make it happen. They were the Western Pacific Railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad of California and the Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Western Pacific Railroad Museum was created in 1984.
Central Pacific Railroad.
The Central Pacific Railroad of California built the western part and the Union Pacific RR built the eastern portion,. They met at Promontary Summitt , Utah .
The Pacific Ocean is the western boundry of California.
The Union Pacific Railroad and The Central Pacific Railroad Companies were formed to build the railroad. Many of the CPR workers working east from California were Chinese-Americans and many of the UPR workers building west from Nebraska were Irish immigrants.
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.
Sacramento, California