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Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad. Railroads were faster, less expensive, and healthier than overland travel by covered wagon. Railroads often organized immigrant trains to encourage settlement (and eventually business) along their routes.  
Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad. Railroads were faster, less expensive, and healthier than overland travel by covered wagon. Railroads often organized immigrant trains to encourage settlement (and eventually business) along their routes.  


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|+ '''Transcontinental Railroads of the United States and Canada'''  
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| width="9%" align="center" | '''Service Started'''  
| align="center" width="9%" | '''Transcon-tinental Service Started'''  
| align="center" | '''Railroad'''  
| align="center" | '''Railroad'''  
| align="center" | '''Normal Route'''  
| align="center" | '''Normal Route'''  
| align="center" |   '''Connecting Spike'''
| align="center" |   '''Connecting Spike'''
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1869  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1869  
|  
| Union Pacific + Central Pacific  
[[First Transcontinental Railroad|The First Transcontinental Railroad]] [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific]] + [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]]
 
| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA  
| Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA  
| Promontory Summit, UT
| Promontory Summit, UT
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1881
| align="center" width="9%" | 1881
| [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe]] + [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]
| Texas Pacific + Southern Pacific
| St. Louis, MO - Los Angeles, CA
| Sierra Blanca, TX
|-
| align="center" width="9%" | 1882
| Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific  
| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA  
| Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA  
| Deming, NM
| Deming, NM
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1881
| align="center" width="9%" | 1883  
| [[Texas and Pacific Railway|Texas and Pacific]] + [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]
| St. Louis, MO - Los Angeles, CA
| Sierra Blanca, TX
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1883  
| [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]  
| [[Southern Pacific Railroad|Southern Pacific]]  
| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA  
| New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA  
| Pecos River, TX
| Pecos River, TX
|-
|-
| width="8%" align="center" | 1883  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1883  
| [[Northern Pacific Railroad|Northern Pacific]]
| Northern Pacific  
| Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA  
| Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA<br>
| Gold Creek, MT
| Gold Creek, MT
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1885  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1885  
| [[Atlantic and Pacific Railroad|Atlantic and Pacific]]
| Atlantic &amp; Pacific  
| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA  
| Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA  
| <br>
| <br>
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1885  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1885  
| [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]]
| Canadian Pacific  
| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC  
| Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC  
| Craigellachie, BC
| Craigellachie, BC
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1893  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1893  
| [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)]]
| Great Northern  
| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA  
| Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA  
| Scenic, WA
| Scenic, WA
|-
|-
| width="9%" align="center" | 1925  
| align="center" width="9%" | 1925  
| [[Union Pacific Railroad|Union Pacific]] (via Boise, ID)  
| Union Pacific (via Boise, ID)  
| Granger, WY - Portland, OR  
| Granger, WY - Portland, OR  
|  
| <br>
|}
|}


=== Other Railroads  ===
<br>
*[http://rlhs.org/Reference/antebellum.shtml Antebellum American Railroad: 1830-1860 Compendium]
*Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
*[[Illinois Central Railroad]] 1882 Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA
 
''' Finding Railroad Records'''
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/United_States_Occupations_Finding_Railroad_Records_- International Institute Wiki Article Finding Railroad Records]
 
'''Bibliography'''
* Wendy L. Elliott, C.G. ''Railroad Records and Genealogical Research'' National Genealogical Society Quarterly 75 (December 1987): 271-277.
* [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1997/spring/railroad-records-1.html David A. Pfeiffer. " Riding the Rails Up Paper Mountain." Prologue 29 (Spring, 1997) National Archives]
* Dean R. Thilgen. ''Researching Railroad Records.'' Minnesota Genealogist. 27 (      ): 128- 134.
 
''' National Archives '''
*[http://rlhs.org/Services/Guides/ Guide to Railroad Records at the National Archives]
*{{FSC|2765273|item|disp=Marion M. Johnson. ''Preliminary inventory of the records of the Commissioner of Railroads : (Record group 193).''Washington D.C. : National Archives and Records Services Administration, 1964. FS Library Digital images}}
*{{FSC|1028624|item|disp=David Pfeiffer. comp. ''Records relating to North American railroads:National Archives reference information paper 91.''Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2001. FS Library 973 J53}}
*{{FSC|1977270|item|disp=Peter F. Brauer, comp. ''Records relating to railroads in the cartographic section of the National Archives.''Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, 2010. FS Library 973 J53r v.116}} 
*[https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/184.html Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, Record Group 184, National  Archives]
 
''' Sources '''
*{{FSC|966607|item|disp=Holly T. Hansen. ''The Directory of North American railroads, associations, societies, archives, libraries, museums and their collections.''Croydon, Utah : HT Holly Research Services, c1999 FS Library 970 C43h}}
*{{FSC|69495|item|disp=Ronald G. Watt. ''Guide to railroad collections in the Intermountain West.'' Salt Lake City, Utah : Conference of InterMountain Archivists, 1984. FS Library 979 A3g}}
*[http://rlhs.org/Reference/research.shtml Directory of Railroad Research Locations.]
*[http://www.cyndislist.com/railroads/ Cyndi's List - Railroads]
 
''' Societies '''
*[http://rlhs.org/ Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc.]
*[https://www.gnrhs.org/ Great Northern Railway Historical Society]
*[http://uphs.org/ Union Pacific Historical Society]


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Revision as of 14:12, 4 July 2009

Click map to enlarge. Eastern U.S. tracks were well developed by 1860.
1869 ceremony at Promontory Summit, Utah, celebrating the linking of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific as the first transcontinental railroad.

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Some American settlers moved to new homes by railroad. Railroads were faster, less expensive, and healthier than overland travel by covered wagon. Railroads often organized immigrant trains to encourage settlement (and eventually business) along their routes.

Transcontinental Railroads of the United States and Canada
Transcon-tinental Service Started Railroad Normal Route   Connecting Spike
1869 Union Pacific + Central Pacific Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA Promontory Summit, UT
1881 Texas Pacific + Southern Pacific St. Louis, MO - Los Angeles, CA Sierra Blanca, TX
1882 Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA Deming, NM
1883 Southern Pacific New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA Pecos River, TX
1883 Northern Pacific Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA
 Gold Creek, MT
1885 Atlantic & Pacific Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA
1885 Canadian Pacific Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC Craigellachie, BC
1893 Great Northern Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA Scenic, WA
1925 Union Pacific (via Boise, ID) Granger, WY - Portland, OR


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