Article: Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad.(Book Review)

Article: Central PacificDictionary of American History;      610 words ...CENTRAL PACIFIC – UNION PACIFIC RACE CENTRAL PACIFIC – UNION PACIFIC RACE, a construction contest between the two railroad companies bidding for government subsidies, land grants, and public favor. The original Pacific Railway ...

Article: Central Pacific Railroad
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History;      700+ words ... ... rivalry arose between Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Company ... conflict between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific companies was not ... routes for the rival Central Pacific and Union Pacific companies and resolved ...

Meeting of the Central and Union Pacific RRs
Archive Photos;  September 1, 1994 ;     296 words ... ... to unite the Central and Union Pacific Railroads at Promontory ... travel. railroad history. Central Pacific Railroad. Union Pacific Railroad. the Golden Spike ... Meeting of the Central and Union Pacific RRs Copyright (c) Archive ...

Article: Union Pacific Celebrates 140th Anniversary on July ...
PR Newswire;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... May 10, 1869, Union Pacific linked with the Central Pacific at Promontory Summit ... two companies, Union Pacific and Central Pacific, to construct ... by officials of Union Pacific and Central Pacific, marking the inauguration ...

Article: TRYING TO GET ON TRACK SOUTHERN PACIFIC SAYS IT'S THE END OF THE ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  June 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Bethlehem, Pa.-based Union Pacific would call the whole thing ... illustrious past, in which the Union Pacific has figured prominently ... predecessor company, the Central Pacific, that linked up with a Union Pacific line in 1869 to drive the ...

Article: Union Pacific Celebrates 145th Anniversary.
Business Wire;  June 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Pacific Railroad Act, creating Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads and chartering ... forty-five years later, Union Pacific has become one of the most ... chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corporation, said the 145th ...

Article: Union Pacific Railroad
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ... ... Act, the Union Pacific was authorized ... with the Central Pacific RR&mdash ... 1866 the Central Pacific was authorized ... construction of the Union Pacific was begun ... 1869, the Union Pacific joined the Central Pacific, NW of Ogden ...