US Migration Railroads

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	The First Transcontinental Railroad Central Pacific + Union Pacific	Omaha, NE - Sacramento, CA	Promontory Summit, UT
1881	Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe + Southern Pacific	Chicago, IL - Los Angeles, CA	Deming, NM
1881	Texas and Pacific + Southern Pacific	St. Louis, MO - Los Angeles, CA	Sierra Blanca, TX
1883	Southern Pacific	New Orleans, LA - Sacramento, CA	Pecos River, TX
1883	Northern Pacific	Duluth, MN - Seattle, WA	Gold Creek, MT
1885	Atlantic and Pacific	Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA
1885	Canadian Pacific	Halifax, NS - Vancouver, BC	Craigellachie, BC
1893	Great Northern (U.S.)	Chicago, IL - Seattle, WA	Scenic, WA
1925	Union Pacific (via Boise, ID)	Granger, WY - Portland, OR

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