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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 ]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] > [[ | [[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, 1869.]] ''[[United States|United States ]] > [[United States Migration Internal|Migration ]] > [[US_Migration_Railroads|Railroads]]'' | ||
Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad: | Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad: | ||
{| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" | {| width="745" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" align="center" | ||
|+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of North America''' | |+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of North America''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | '''Transcon-tinental Service Started''' | | width="9%" align="center" | '''Transcon-tinental Service Started''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Railroad''' | | align="center" | '''Railroad''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Normal Route''' | | align="center" | '''Normal Route''' | ||
| align="center" | '''Last Spike at''' | | align="center" | '''Last Spike at''' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1869 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1869 | ||
| Union Pacific + Central Pacific | | Union Pacific + Central Pacific | ||
| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA | | Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA | ||
| Promontory Summit, UT | | Promontory Summit, UT | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1882 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1882 | ||
| Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific | | Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific | ||
| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA | | Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA | ||
| Deming, NM | | Deming, NM | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1883 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1883 | ||
| Southern Pacific | | Southern Pacific | ||
| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA | | New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA | ||
| Pecos River, TX | | Pecos River, TX | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1883 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1883 | ||
| Northern Pacific | | Northern Pacific | ||
| Duluth, MN | | Duluth, MN | ||
| Gold Creek, MT | | Gold Creek, MT | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1885 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1885 | ||
| Atlantic & Pacific | | Atlantic & Pacific | ||
| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA | | Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1885 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1885 | ||
| Canadian Pacific | | Canadian Pacific | ||
| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC | | Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC | ||
| Craigellachie, BC | | Craigellachie, BC | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1893 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1893 | ||
| Great Northern | | Great Northern | ||
| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA | | Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA | ||
| Scenic, WA | | Scenic, WA | ||
|- | |- | ||
| width="9%" align="center" | 1925 | | width="9%" align="center" | 1925 | ||
| Union Pacific (via Boise, ID) | | Union Pacific (via Boise, ID) | ||
| Granger, WY - Portland, OR | | Granger, WY - Portland, OR | ||
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|} | |} | ||