Transcontinental Railroad - Construction, Competition & Impact

In 1862, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies began building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west. Over the next seven years, the two companies raced toward each other from Sacramento, California on the one side to Omaha, Nebraska on the other, struggling against great risks before they met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

The impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on Native Americans

Transcontinental Railroad Definition, Importance & History

Northern Pacific Railroad's Orphan Road

Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, circa 1869

Railroads in the Late 19th Century

How the Transcontinental railroad forever changed the US

The Transcontinental Railroad

The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad