The Central Pacific Railroad Company, California Central Railroad, and the San Jose Railway.
Central Pacific
they came to Jordan and Joely and asked for money to hire Mexicans to do it since they do everything else. :)
The minorities
The Chinese came to Texas to look for gold and to help build the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Irish immigrants worked on the union pacific railroad to help build west from Omaha Nebraska. The Union Pacific was in fierce competition with the central pacific railroad so the irish sometimes would sabotage the work of the central pacific.
Jobs. That paid better than jobs did in China.
The Chinese were asked to help build the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Many original tracks that dodged the mountains have been relayed to make a safer and newer route.
Canada was the end of the underground railroad. The slaves would travel to Canada to avoid being sent back to their masters. Chinese and Irish immigrants came to help build the railroads. Canada has taken immigrants from all over the world.
The Chinese were asked to help build the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Many original tracks that dodged the mountains have been relayed to make a safer and newer route.
No, they did not. The Japanese started to arrive close to the completion of the build. Industrialists, particularly in San Francisco, sought to replace the vacuum created when the Chinese went off to build the railroad.
The chinese came in the 1870s and 1880s to help build the pacific railroad from the midwest across the sierra nevada mountains. They were made labors of the american pioneers because they were cheap and had great strengths to do hard working. Despite thousands of chinese settlers died due to accidents and harsh weather conditions, they were accomplishing many parts of the union pacific railroad.
Yes there were Irish immigrants that helped to build railroads.