USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -By connecting the existing eastern U.S. rail networks to the west coast, the Transcontinental Railroad (known originally as the “Pacific Railroad ") became the first continuous railroad line across the United States. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869.

Detailed explanation-2: -1827: The first railroad in North America-the Baltimore & Ohio-is chartered by Baltimore merchants.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railway network of the Eastern United States with California on the Pacific coast.

Detailed explanation-4: -The story goes that on May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the west were connected to the Union Pacific Railroad’s tracks from the east in Promontory Summit, Utah.

Detailed explanation-5: -The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad May 10, 1869, is recognized as one of our country’s biggest achievements and one of mankind’s biggest accomplishments.