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English: Map of the route of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
  • Crossing to the Western United States to/from California.
  • Built in the 1860s, and opening in 1869.
  • Central Pacific (red line)
  • Union Pacific (blue line)
  • Western Pacific (green line)
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Author Cave cattum
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current06:22, 14 May 20061,000 × 619 (145 KB)Cave cattumRoute of the first American transcontinental railroad, completed in 1869. Route from Sacramento, California to Omaha, Nebraska. Original artwork by DanMS, adapted from a US Census map in the public domain. '''Other version:''' [[:en:Image:Transcontinenta

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