The traffic on the Transcontinental Railroad began on May 10, 1869 by connecting Omaha, Nebraska to Alameda, California. This Railroad connected the East to the West allowing further industrialize the West, and allow it to become more prosperous.
The Transcontinental Railroad was finished on May 10, 1869.
A transcontinental train is a train that goes, either all the way or most of the way across a continent, like the Union Pacific train routes in the US.
"Transcontinental" means going all the way across the continent. A train whose route runs from New York to California is a transcontinental train. A flight that does the same is a transcontinental flight.
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The Chinese started building the Transcontinental railroad in 1863 and the Transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
The first transcontinental telephone line was joined at Wendover, Utah, in 1915
It was started 1863 and finished 1869
Ulysses Grant was the US president when the transcontinental railroad was finished in 1869.
It began in 1860 and ended in 1869.
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