Well not only was it a major logistics challenge to manufacture and move everything necessary to build it, there was weather, geographicle featurs like mountains and river that had to be dealt with and raids by hostile indians and outlaws. All of the workers needed to be fed, medical care provided, mobile ;iving accomodations and so on. It was a major undertaking especially for that time in history.
The railroad needed builders, and those builders lived in new towns along the railroad. Settlers moved with the railroad because they could get lots of land and still have access to manufactured goods from the East because the railroad allowed for the transportation of those goods.
the first transcontinental railroad met in the middle at Promontory Point ,Utah
Primarily by making freight transportation, both east and west, much cheaper and faster. Farmers in the West could ship there products to Eastern markets more easily and safely and, they could buy farming equipment make in the East much more cheaply.
The first transcontinental railroad in the United States, completed in 1869, significantly reduced travel time across the country. Before its completion, a journey from the East to the West could take several months; the railroad cut this time down to about a week. Trains could travel at speeds of up to 20-30 miles per hour, depending on the conditions and the type of train. This innovation revolutionized transportation and commerce in the West.
Industrialism
Theodore Judah dreamed of building a railroad in the US that connected the west to the east - a transcontinental railroad.
the railroad linking east to west is the transcontinental railroad
The main reason for building the transcontinental was to transport good from the east to the west.
The bulk of the workmen working their way from the EAST towards the West were Irishmen. The bulk of the workmen building the railroad from the WEST towards the EAST were the Chinese.
The first railroad to connect the east and west coasts of the US was the First Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869. The project linked the Central Pacific Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific Railroad from the east at Promontory Summit, Utah.
No. They wanted to build the railroad and it was a job. The railroad connected the east to the west.
The Transcontinental Railroad linked the East to the West.
The Transcontinental Railroad helped to connect the East with the West, increased trade between the East and the West, and helped with the growth of the US.
The Transiberia
1865-1890
Railroad.
The west. It connected the east to the west.