'If it is ever built, it will be the work of giants.' —, writing to his brother 'In a railroad to the Pacific we have a great national work, transcending, in its magnitude, and in its results, anything yet attempted by man.' Poor, Editor, American Railroad Journal, 1858 'The Central Pacific Railroad, thus far, is unquestionably the best constructed piece of work I have ever passed over in any part of the United States.' — Quick Answers: • • – • • • • • • • (See the ) • • • and the • • • • • • 'The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.' —Mark Twain 'You have to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.' — Where did the first transcontinental railroad originate and end? How long was the railroad?

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The first transcontinental railroad, originally called the 'Pacific Railroad' and later the 'Overland Route,' (690 miles built by the Central Pacific Railroad and built by the Union Pacific Railroad) that and was with the went, thereby connecting with other railroads (for example, via ) to span the continent to the west coast for the first time. (Also see more about, and.) After the junction of the UPRR with the CPRR was, Utah, east of Promontory Summit, the CPRR was 742 miles long, extending from Sacramento to Ogden, and the UPRR was 1,032 miles long, extending from Ogden to Omaha. Soon thereafter, the route was extended from (on the eastern shore, just across the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska) to San Francisco, California, as the west from Sacramento ( on or in ) became part of the Central Pacific along with. When first opened in 1869, Central Pacific trains reached the San Francisco Bay area via a 140 mile line which had been built by the original Western Pacific Railroad by way of Stockton, over Altamont Pass, and on through Niles Canyon to the CPRR's two mile long pier at Alameda on the east side of the Bay from which San Francisco was then accessed by ferry. If we can help, don't hesitate to ask!.: We attempt to answer all we receive promptly. If you don't receive a quick response, we did not receive your message, so please.

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To use our printer friendly 'Favorite Homework Pictures' pages to choose pictures, make them the size they want, and print them for school projects. [Students have won local, state, and in the competition using pictures and information from the Central PacificRailroad Photographic History Museum.] 'I'm not going to buy my kids an. Let them walk to school like I did.' — TEACHERS: Many elementary education curricula include study of the transcontinental railroad in the 4th grade. What TCRR lesson plans and other educational resources are available for school teachers? See our website's located at which has a, with linked.Also see the: • • • - • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Other links that we have found to be of particular interest to teachersare about the (Caution: ),, and instant permission for students to use.Also see the.

' 'As long as there are tests there will be in.' —Anonymous 'Too much is plenty!' —Benjamin Cohen, c. 1952 'Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.' — 'Too much of a good thing is great.'

—Mae West How is the CPRR Museum organized? HELP TO KEEP THIS WEBSITE OPEN Please before taking pictures from this website. Please don't jeopardize the CPRR Museum website's continued existence. Won't allow us to show their valuable pictures online if they are being stolen.

(Although, Alex Novak that 'a washed-out faded printing, Andrew Russell’s Meeting of the Rails, the Golden Spike in stereo brought a record price of $21,850 at a Swann Auction in April, 1998.' ) All content of the CPRR Museum website is Copyright © 1999-2016 by CPRR.org and may not be copied or republished without. Pirated copy of stereoview #215 'Eastern Bound Tea Train at Blue Canon, C. Pirated images were also a problem in the 19th century! This is a with the title showing the wrong railroad. Reilly'sphotography business failed and he committed suicide. 'one day, materials that aren't searchable online simply ' — 'You could look it up.' —Casey Stengel Is there an index to the CPRR Museum?

What navigation aids are available? Yes, there are several: • There is a box where you can type in keywords to search this Museum website: The FreeFind search engine re-indexes this website every two weeks. [There is also a another search engine that you can use to.] When searching, type just a very few specific words into the search box that will match what you are seeking. Don't type in a question — the computer will not understand. Be specific because searching this website using general terms such as 'transcontinental railroad' will not produce a useful result — every page on this website is about the transcontinental railroad.

• The uses another search engine,, in case that search engine is more current or works for a particular search: CPRR Museum Web 7/1/2015 UPDATE: Google search has been intermittantly returning error messages instead of search results, so we switched to using DuckDuckGo (which also has a better privacy policy) for the top of the page search boxes. To find a discussion about a particular topic in the, also include the word 'discussion' in the search query. Re-indexes this website frequently. You can also search just this website from the, by adding the search term ' site:CPRR.org OR site:discussion.cprr.net' to your. A pulldown menu that outlines this website (requires Javascript) is also included on the ( tan, see above): • There is a ' ' page. • The gives an overview of how the CPRR Museum website is organized.

• The ' page shows all the exhibits. • The ' link takes you to an outline of available on-line readings. • The links included in the additional questions and answers and on the provide a narrative index to many of the resources available at the CPRR Museum. More recent questions are posted to the. • The set of have been annotated to include the names of all of the CPRR stations, so, for example, you can do a ' locate Truckee' (without the quotes) to find the that shows Truckee.

(Look for the search result that says ' Maps of the Overland Route, 1915.' ) The now link with USGS railroad topo maps showing the corresponding geography: • There is an ' giving an overview of what is available on the CPRR Museum Website on our red home page and the choices also appear as text links along the very bottom of that page: 'we pass through this world but once, so do now any good you can do, and show now any kindness you can show, for we shall not pass this way again. —William Penn How do you pay for the upkeep of this web site? 'The mark of a well educated person is not necessarily in knowing all the answers, but in knowing where to find them.' —Douglas Everett. – Pop-up Image Caption – Where can I find the captions for the images?

Stereoview images typically have captions printed below the right image, or sometimes on the verso (back of the card). Many images on this website have pop-up captions, but we regret that our software isn't yet up to the task of placing captions with every stereoview image. However, all of the captions as published in the 19th century are available in our which are arranged by photographer/publisher listed in order by the view numbers. On our,, and pages, image titles should pop-up if you point to each image with the cursor and then hold it still (see above imageshowing a pop-up caption on the image). 'Nobody on his deathbed ever said,'I wish I'd spent more time at the office.' ' — How can I help? We are volunteer retired educators, and the CPRR Museum depends entirely on private funding.

We hope that you have enjoyed visiting our website and will express your appreciation by clicking to make a gift: Be a part of railroad history. Support CPRR.org! Where can I read more about the first transcontinental railroad? See the,, and. Someexcellent: • • Kraus, George. • Klein, Maury. • Galloway, John D. Anytrans Keygen Mac Download.

(Now.) • • Lawrence K. One railroad historian warns that books containing any of the following (contradicted by all available ) are unreliable and cannot be recommended: at Stanford supposedly swung at the and missed []; at Chinese supposedly swung in; claims that there were thousands of railroad construction; claims that more than 2 workers were killed at; claims that workers were killed by poor use of. Search available antiquarian books:,,, and. Search the world's bookstores for any antiquarian books using,, (or whichis included in the others). Search the electronic catalogs of.

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'If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.' — I'm writing a report for at school. I need to your website and give you credit in my bibliography – how should the citation appear? How do I get? Author: CPRR.org Title: Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. URL: [Substitute today's date.] CPRR.org.

Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. 2017 Credit line/ Copyright notice [Substitute current year.] Courtesy Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum, © 2017, CPRR.org Note: Please use the above formal citation (or a narrativeequivalent) ratherthananacknowledgmentof any individual. 'Better here than in Philadelphia.' — 'That's Inter-City Rail for you. I only do this because I like being my own boss.'

— () Can I visit the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum?! [Please note that CPRR.org is not located in Moorville, Kansas; and, fortunately, we don't suffer from a common museum malady, the '] We are deeply honored to have the of what the Wall Street Journal called of the building of the US transcontinental railroad describe the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum as ' The,,, and other items displayed on this website are physically scattered in various locations around the United States, in more than 250. Many are too delicate to handle.

The photographs are also small (most measure 3 1/2') and light sensitive. The and enlarged presented here are often much easier to see than the original!

(Due to the ravages of age and technical factors, each image has typically required extensive using digital tools to and achieve what we believe is the most esthetic and historically accurate rendition of each picture. Requires considerable subjective judgment, artistry,, and creativity, as well as. ( the famous science fiction writer once that 'Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.) We are most grateful to who may have lavished hours of ingenuity on a single image to.

For example, it is often feasible to improve color and contrast, modify brightness, remove stains, and recreate missing or damaged portions. We want you to be aware that the images on this website consequently are which many image archives prefer, and consequently caution researchers to compare original images when appropriate.) The CPRR Photographic History Museum is a family website that has been expanded with the help of people with similar interests who have of railroad images and copies of 19th century articles and maps from their collections.. The most magnificent project ever conceived.' — What did the do when they finished working on the Transcontinental Railroad? ' Some, for example, the. Or worked in a. Many Chinese were by the CPRR at Rocklin’s roundhouse, and approximately 1,000 built water courses and stone fences at the Whitney Ranch near Rocklin.

' ' TheSacramento YeeFow Museum proposal states about the Chinese CPRR workers that ' ' Trestles & Snowsheds: the Sierras. February, 1867, I went on the Central Pacific Railroad to build bridges on the Truckee River.

I was still in debt. I worked all Summer at a good salary and sometime in November when I was raising a bridge at the Cascades above Cisco and had it nearly completed I accidentally made a misstep and fell from the top, a distance of fifty feet, breaking six ribs and injuring my shoulder and spine. I was unconscious until the next day and was not able to walk for nearly two months. The next Spring I went back to Cisco on the Central Pacific and got up plans for a machine to frame timber for the snow-sheds. In March went down the Truckee to the State line and had agang of men getting out ties for the railroad. In May moved the gang to Cold Stream, above Truckee, and made ties until the first of June. I then got orders to go to Sacramento and havemy machine built at the Company's shops.

I had my machine finished by the 20th of June and shipped it up to Summit Valley. Put in a side track, where the snow was still four feet deep andsoon got the machine in good working order. With six handy men it would do the work of fifty carpenters. In July I commenced putting up snow sheds and by the middle of December hadcompleted six miles of snow shed at the summit of Sierra Nevada Mountains.At one time I had a very narrow escape. In going down to Truckee with my construction train we had a collision with a freight train coming up just opposite Donner Lake. I was on theengine, sitting on the firemans side.

The trains got so close before any alarm could be given that they could not slacken speed until they collided. I was thrown headlong against the door of thefire box and all the wood from the tender on top of me. I soon crawled out and found the Engineer and Fireman both bleeding, the Locomotives smashed up, steam flying all around, thecars off the track, several men badly hurt and everything in confusion. The only injury Isustained was a slightly sprained wrist and some scratches on my head from the wood piling on me. One man who jumped off the train on some wood fractured his scull so that it caused hisdeath.About the middle of December 1868, having completed my section of sheds, the Company wanted me to move to an uncovered section opposite the lower end of Donner Lake and put uptwo miles more of snowshed, which I declined, as the ground was now covered with snow and it was getting quite cold and disagreeable and would be no better before the next May.' — did it to ride the train? • The: Sacramento to Promontory $50 coin; Promontory to Omaha $81.50 currency; Promontory to New York $123.50 currency.

• The from • San Francisco to Omaha was $83.25 coin or $111.00 currency first class, and $45.00 coin or $60.00 currency second class; • San Francisco to Chicago was $97.50 coin or $130.00 currency first class, and $45.00 coin or $60.00 currency second class; and, • San Francisco to New York was $112.50 coin or $150.00 currency first class, and $52.50 coin or $70.00 currency second class. • Additionally, CPRR Silver service from San Francisco to Promontory cost $6.00 for a double berth or $12.00 for a State Room. • In1872itcost first class plus about $3.00 per day for a sleeping car. • In 1879 ' • The plus CPRR Silver and UPRR Palace Car charges of $6.00 for a double berth or $24.00 for a drawing room. (The $45.00 was good only in, which were, requiring from nine to eleven days between Omaha and San Francisco.) [Note that charging a variety of fares to different passengers is an example of efficient.] • ' ' 1880. • To convert 19th century prices in gold coin to 2011 dollars,, or more precisely, multiply the gold coin ticket price by the and divide by 20.6718. • For additional information, see our and about travel guides and schedules, and our page of.

Ten Dollar 1869 Gold Coin, Type, With Motto on Reverse (1866-1907) Designer: Christian Gobrecht; Diameter: ±26.8 millimeters; Metal content: Gold - 90% Other - 10%; Weight: ±258 grains (±16.7 grams); Edge: Reeded; Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia, PA); Proof. Coin Images courtesy. 'It is perfect insanity, or the next step to it, for any one to indulge in further discussion about the feasibility of a railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific Coast at the present time. If Congress had common sense, they would not discuss such a subject. ' — 'Water was scarce after leaving the Truckee and Humboldt Rivers.

There was not a tree that would make a board on over 500 miles of the route, no satisfactory quality of building stone. The country afforded nothing.' — 'What do we want with this region of savages and wild beasts, of deserts of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust, cactus and prairie dogs?' —Daniel Webster What were the difficulties, obstacles, and faced in building the first transcontinental railroad? • • • • • • • • due to.

• Need for multiple, and •, • and •,,, and •, so difficult an that many thought was ' and which was and opposed as being a supposed ' not actually intended to be built beyond that town. 'Permanence, perseverence and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the week.' —Thomas Carlyle 'The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.' —Winston Churchill '. It just goes to show you, it's always something.

If it’s not one thing, it’s another!' — In his 1873 book,, Charles Nordhoff: '.