Category:First Transcontinental Railroad
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English: The First Transcontinental Railroad — built across the North American continent in the central and Western United States — between 1863 and 1869.
- The railroad line was constructed by the Central Pacific Railroad (from Northern California eastward); and the Union Pacific Railroad (from an existing Nebraskan terminus westward.)
- The First Transcontinental Railroad connected the East Coast directly with California, and Pacific Coast shipping at San Francisco Bay.
- A designated National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 20 subcategories, out of 20 total.
A
- Ames Monument (46 F)
C
- John S. Casement (2 F)
D
- Dale Creek Crossing (27 F)
G
- Great Race to Promontory (22 F)
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K
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T
- Thousand Mile tree (16 F)
- Tracklaying race of 1869 (11 F)
U
- Union Pacific no. 8 (2 F)
Media in category "First Transcontinental Railroad"
The following 46 files are in this category, out of 46 total.
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Transcontinental railroad route2.png 1,000 × 619; 158 KB
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Transcontinental railroad route.png 1,000 × 619; 145 KB
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3c Transcontinental Railroad 75th Anniversary single, 1944.jpg 1,282 × 824; 330 KB
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Central Pacific Railroad Gold Bond 1867.jpg 6,800 × 4,680; 11.11 MB
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Chinese laborers fill Secret Town trestle.jpg 1,174 × 896; 789 KB
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Chinese railroad workers in snow.jpg 500 × 329; 21 KB
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Climaxing A Century Of Progress In Transportation (NBY 415278).jpg 811 × 506; 85 KB
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CPRR & UPRR Display Ads May 1869.jpg 1,449 × 2,361; 743 KB
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CPRR Locomotive -113 FALCON 1869.jpg 854 × 464; 465 KB
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CPRR Snow Gallery at Crested Peak C.E. Watkins No. 252 1868.jpg 674 × 685; 374 KB
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Devils gate Bridge Weber Canyon 1869.jpg 700 × 495; 324 KB
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Dutch Flat Wagon Road 1864.jpg 600 × 728; 433 KB
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First Transcontinental Rail.jpg 871 × 628; 48 KB
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First Transcontinental Railroad - Newcastle (California Historical Landmark).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 2.82 MB
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First Transcontinental Railroad - Rocklin (California Historical Landmark).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 2.72 MB
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First Transcontinental Railroad - Roseville (California Historical Landmark).jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 2.8 MB
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Great Overland Route Timetable Cover 1881.JPG 633 × 555; 175 KB
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Hell on Wheels plaque Golden Spike National Historical Park Visitor Center, Feb 17.jpg 1,944 × 2,592; 1.62 MB
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Jubilation Coast to Coast, Feb 17.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 2.42 MB
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Leviathan 63 Train Festival 2009.jpg 3,785 × 2,690; 5.02 MB
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Long Ravine Bridge, C.P.R.R. California (NYPL b11707292-G89F367 039F).tiff 3,072 × 1,839; 16.17 MB
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Maps of Locations (Mark).pdf 1,275 × 1,650; 392 KB
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Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 Original Manuscript.jpg 1,716 × 1,209; 748 KB
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Pacific Railroad Profile 1867.jpg 1,374 × 478; 196 KB
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Pass Sierra Nevada CA.jpg 1,024 × 712; 133 KB
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Plaque du premier train transcontinental.jpg 3,864 × 5,152; 4.17 MB
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Railroad, near Devil's Slide, Utah - NARA - 519551.jpg 3,000 × 1,886; 1.35 MB
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San Francisco Pacific Railroad Bond WPRR 1865.jpg 800 × 598; 549 KB
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Sherman Station, summit of Laramie range. Albany County, Wyoming. - NARA - 517371.jpg 3,000 × 1,694; 988 KB
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The Desolation of Ames Monument.jpg 3,610 × 2,030; 3.89 MB
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The Overland Route 1908 Map.jpg 1,017 × 635; 375 KB
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The Track that United the States, Feb 17.jpg 2,592 × 1,944; 2.32 MB
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Transcontinental railroad route-ar.png 1,000 × 619; 378 KB
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Transcontinental RR 1944-3c.jpg 981 × 654; 206 KB
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TranscontinentalPoster.jpg 417 × 965; 122 KB
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Transcontinentalrailroad 14 bailey 128kb.ogg 5 min 47 s; 2.92 MB
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Union Pacific No 119 with US 21st Infantry Band.jpg 933 × 477; 107 KB
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Union Pacific Railroad Cie.jpg 412 × 640; 68 KB
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US Transcontinental Railroads 1887.jpg 2,060 × 1,848; 469 KB
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Categories:
- History of rail transport in the United States
- History of the United States (1865–1918)
- Central Pacific Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Western United States
- Chinese American history
- California in the 1860s
- 1869 establishments in the United States
- Built in the United States in 1869
- 1869 in rail transport in the United States
- National Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks
- History of the American West
- Long objects
- Long transport