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When the railroad was completed between Omaha and Sacramento, rails did not completely span the continent until the year after the spike was driven. A trestle had to be built between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to connect to eastern rail lines that reached Atlantic ports. Also a line had to extend beyond Sacramento to San Francisco, California at the Pacific Ocean. | When the railroad was completed between Omaha and Sacramento, rails did not completely span the continent until the year after the spike was driven. A trestle had to be built between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska to connect to eastern rail lines that reached Atlantic ports. Also a line had to extend beyond Sacramento to San Francisco, California at the Pacific Ocean. | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
*The [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/index.html Transcontinental Railroad ]movie, photos, interactive map, and more. From ''The American Experience''. | *The [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/tcrr/index.html Transcontinental Railroad ]Includes a movie, photos, interactive map, and more. From ''The American Experience''. | ||
*[http://cprr.org/Museum/index.html# Central Pacific Railroad ]Photographic History Museum. Though this website is titled Central Pacific, it includes many links to Union Pacific links and links to the total transcontinental experience. There are links to histories, government documents, journal entries and reminiscences, biographies, books, litigation. They are especially looking for information and stories of the Chinese railroad workers. | |||
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