to help free the slaves
the railroad began in 1830.
i thnk it began in 1782 that is my answer
1888
The start of traffic on the Transcontinental Railroad began on May 10, 1869, connecting Omaha, Nebraska to Alameda, California.
1866.
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
It began construction in 1828.
sacramento
It began in 1860 and ended in 1869.
It began July 14, 1877.
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.
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.