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==External links== {{sister project links|auto=yes}} For maps and railroad pictures of this era shortly after the advent of [[History of photography|photography]] see: * [http://cprr.org/ Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum] * [http://www.cprr.org/Museum/Maps/_cprr_map.html 1871 CPRR & UPRR Overland Railroad Map] "Map of the Central Pacific Railroad and its Connections" published in the California Mail Bag San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser, Vol. 1, No. 4, OctβNov. 1871. accessed May 1, 2013. * Union Pacific Railroad picture Museum [https://web.archive.org/web/20170812212711/http://www.up.com/aboutup/history/photos/railroad_construction/index.htm Excursion to the 100th Meridian β 1866] accessed March 1, 2013. * ''[https://archive.org/details/pacifictourist1881willuoft The Pacific Tourist]'' Williams, Henry T.; published by Adams & Bishop, New York, 1881 ed. Gives insights to travel in the late 1880s on the transcontinental railroad. * [http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/i-hear-locomotives-impact-transcontinental-railroad "I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad"] * [https://www.nps.gov/gosp/index.htm Golden Spike National Historical Park] in Utah * [https://www.up.com/aboutup/history/index.htm Union Pacific Railroad History] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070628203843/http://bushong.net/dawn/about/college/ids100/ The Transcontinental Railroad] * [https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/PacificRail.html Pacific Railway Act and related resources at the Library of Congress] * [http://cprr.org/Museum/Chinese.html Chinese-American Contribution to transcontinental railroad] * [http://railroad.lindahall.org Linda Hall Library's Transcontinental Railroad educational site with free, full-text access to 19th century American railroad periodicals] * [https://www.newspapers.com/topics/industrial-gilded-ages/transcontinental-railroad/ Newspaper articles and clippings about the Transcontinental Railroad at Newspapers.com] * [https://www.american-rails.com/trnscntl.html "Transcontinental Railroad", article by Adam Burns in "Railroads In America" site] ; Maps * [https://www.loc.gov/collection/railroad-maps-1828-to-1900/?q=continental%20railway&fi=subject Route map at the Library of Congress] * [https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/documents/up_pdf_nativedocs/pdf_eot_historical_up_maps.pdf Map of Union Pacific Railroad with Dates] * [http://www.abandonedrails.com/first-transcontinental-railroad Abandoned route of the transcontinental railroad in Utah (with map)] * [https://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/website/virtual/ Geography of Chinese Workers Building the Transcontinental Railroad]; "''A virtual reconstruction of the key historic sites''" β Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project; Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA) at [[Stanford University]] {{Clear}} {{North America in topic|Rail transport in}} {{US railroad lists}} {{Omaha Railroads|state=collapsed}} [[Category:First transcontinental railroad| ]] [[Category:1860s in California]] [[Category:1869 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Railway lines opened in 1869]] [[Category:American frontier]] [[Category:Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks]] [[Category:History of rail transportation in the United States]] [[Category:History of United States expansionism]] [[Category:Rail lines receiving land grants]] [[Category:Rail transportation in California]] [[Category:Rail transportation in Nevada]] [[Category:Rail transportation in Utah]] [[Category:Railway lines in Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Railway lines in the United States]] [[Category:Southern Pacific Railroad]] [[Category:Union Pacific Railroad]]
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