the invention of refrigerated rail cars.
The first transcontinental railroad was funded with government money.
1865-1869
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
The Central Pacific Railroad was first built in Sacramento, California. The Central Pacific Railroad is the former name of the railroad network that formed part of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Central Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Railroad Company.
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.
The First Transcontinental Railroad opened for traffic on May 10, 1869.
The first transcontinental railroad built by the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific was officially completed on May 10, 1869. It was on that date that the gold spike was driven at Promontory, Utah.
The First Transcontinental Railroad opened for trains to pass through on May 10, 1869. The railroad, built by three private companies, was originally called the Pacific Railroad.
The construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad started in 1863 and was finished in 1869. When it was first completed, it was known as the Pacific Railroad.
Theodore Judah was the first chief engineer of what became the transcontinental railroad.
It was the Transcontinental Railroad.