A majority of railroad shippers would support a transcontinental merger so long as it included concessions such as full ...

Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country’s ...

An 1870 illustration shows workers near the Central Pacific Railroad, which completed the First Transcontinental Railroad, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country’s ...

Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country’s ...

Before highways, planes, trains and automobiles made crossing the United States a breeze, the completion of the transcontinental railroad in May 1869 was a defining moment in the country’s history ...