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The iconic moment marked the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad and the joining of the East and West coasts. The Central Pacific Jupiter train is seen here on its way to the Last Spike ...

The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln to garner federal support for construction of the transcontinental railroad. While B&O Railroad was the first commercial ...

was forwarded from here to-day to the end of the Central Pacific Railroad. It is the last tie, and will be laid by LELAND STANFORD on Saturday next, thus completing the Pacific Railroad.

After around six years of construction, the iconic meeting of the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska caused quite the fanfare when the two ...

The so-called “Big Four” railroad tycoons behind this western construction — the Central Pacific Railroad — are also well-known. But some of this history can get overlooked, like how the railroad — ...

A small paraffine lamp was then placed with its flame nearly touching the rod, and at about a yard from the central thread. Upon bringing the eye along the other end of the rod, and watching the ...

The golden spike ceremony that signaled the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad took place May 10, 1869. It connected the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit ...

Under the federal Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, the Union Pacific Railroad built the eastern section of the Transcontinental Railroad, while the Central Pacific Railroad was in charge of the western ...