Theodore Judah and the American railroad matured together. As a boy Judah studied civil engineering. By 18 he was a railroad surveyor, giving himself a practical education in technology not even ...

The railroad remains a potent symbol in the public consciousness. July: Engineer and enthusiast Theodore Judah ... Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington armed with maps and profiles to ...

They completed the Transcontinental ... Theodore Judah had completed a survey of a route through the Sierra Nevada and got funding from tycoons in Sacramento for his new Central Pacific Railroad ...

"Next to winning the Civil War and abolishing slavery, building the first transcontinental railroad ... including Theodore Judah, the surveyor who mapped out the Western (Central Pacific) part ...