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It provided government support for the building of first railroad to link the east and west coasts of the U.S.A. In order to encourage the railroad companies to build the transcontinental railways ...

Educational exhibits show how railways expanded the West and chronicle their ... role of women and Chinese workers in building the transcontinental railroad. There are also exhibits on toy trains ...