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-[[Image:Railroads of the Western USA.png|thumb|left|370px|Click this map to enlarge it.]] [[Image:Golden Spike.jpg|thumb|right|370px|Ceremony celebrating linking of the first transcontinental railroad, Promontory Summit, Utah.]] ''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[United States Migration Internal|Migration&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[US_Migration_Railroads|Railroads]]''
+[[Image:Railroads of the Western USA.png|thumb|left|370px|Click this map to enlarge it.]] [[Image:Golden Spike.jpg|thumb|right|370px|Ceremony celebrating linking of the first transcontinental railroad, Promontory Summit, Utah.]] ''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[United States Migration Internal|Migration&nbsp;]] &gt; &nbsp;[[US Migration Railroads|Railroads]]''
 Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad:
-*Union Pacific
+{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center"
-*Southern Pacific
+|+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of North America'''
-*Atcheson, Topeka, and Santa Fe<br><br>
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | '''Transcon-tinental Service Started'''
+| align="center" | '''Railroad'''
+| align="center" | '''Normal Route'''
+| align="center" | '''Last Spike at'''
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1869
+| Union Pacific + Central Pacific
+| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA
+| Promontory Summit, UT
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1882
+| Atchison, Topeka, &amp; Santa Fe + Southern Pacific
+| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA
+| Deming, NM
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1883
+| Southern Pacific
+| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA
+| Pecos River, TX
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1883
+| Northern Pacific
+| Duluth, MN
+| Gold Creek, MT
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1885
+| Atlantic &amp; Pacific
+| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA
+|
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1885
+| Canadian Pacific
+| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC
+| Craigellachie, BC
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1893
+| Great Northern
+| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA
+| Scenic, WA
+|-
+| width="9%" align="center" | 1925
+| Union Pacific (via Boise, ID)
+| Granger, WY - Portland, OR
+|
+|}
+<br>
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 [[Category:US_Migration_Railroads|US_Migration_Railroads]] [[Category:Migration_Routes|Migration_Routes]] [[Category:United_States_Migration_Internal|United_States_Migration_Internal]]