The United States Commissioners have completed the inspection of the section of the Central Pacific Railroad west of Cisco. They carefully examined the grades, culverts, bridges, , which they ...

Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and ...

At Promontory Summit, Utah, the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met on May 10, 1869 after 1,776 miles of track had been laid over six years. Where the Transcontinental ...

At the Nevada State Railroad Museum, I picked up a remarkable book titled “The Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada, 1868 & 1997” by Lawrence K. Hersh. The Central Pacific Co. employed an official ...

On May 10, 1869, Union Pacific’s last two rails were laid by Irishmen, and for the Central Pacific the last two rails were laid by Chinese laborers. Amid a large crowd, the last spike was driven.

In the 1860s, the railroad came to Niles Canyon. Tracks were laid by Central Pacific Railroad workers through the East Bay hills and along Alameda Creek. “They built it high on the hillside ...

At the Nevada State Railroad Museum, I picked up a remarkable book titled “The Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada, 1868 & 1997” by Lawrence K. Hersh. The Central Pacific Company employed an ...