What were the problems that plagued the building of the Transcontinental Rail Road?

Anonymous

∙ 10y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Labor, geography, climate were the main problems. Much of the railroad had to be built in inhospitable climates with little or no infrastructure to support the massive worker populations.

This led to high mortality rates.

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∙ 10y ago

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Where did the transcontinental rail road connect?

Utah

How many miles is the transcontinental rail road?

9945030

Where does the Transcontinental rail road start and finish?

Sacrament and Utah

Where was the western starting point of the transcontinental railroad?

The western starting point for the first transcontinental rail road was at Sacramento, California.

The rail road system that joined the east to the west was called?

Transcontinental Railroad

What mountain range did the transcontinental rail road have to cross?

devin matthew murray

What was the transcontinental Road?

a rail road that went from one end of america to another

What happened for first time after the transcontinental railroad was built?

the invention of refrigerated rail cars.

Where did the transcontinental rail road end?

If you are asking about the US, then it ended at the Pacific ocean or in the Gulf of Mexico.

What was the original transcontinental railroad commissioned by Congress which built its rail line west from Omaha?

Union Pacific Railroad

Which invention improved safety for railway passengers?

During which decade did transcontinental rail service begin in the United States?

What two companies accepted the government challenges to build the transcontinental rail line?

the Union Pacific and Central Pacific

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