Union Pacific Railroad Omaha Shops Facility was created in 1865.
The Union Pacific Railroad
they started in Omaha, Nebraska.
The transcontinental railroad was built by the Union Pacific Railroad going west from Omaha, Nebraska. They built their part of the railroad to Promontory, Utah. The Central Pacific Railroad built the other part of the transcontinental railroad starting in Sacramento, California and built east meeting the Union Pacific Railroad.
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
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Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Central Pacific Railroad Company (started in Sacramento, CA) and the Union Pacific Railroad Company (starting in Omaha) both met at Promontory Summit, Utah.
The Pacific Railroad Acts of 1862 and 1864, supported by Congress.
Pacific Railway Act
Pacific Railway Act
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.