How We Built the Union Pacific Railway and Other Railway Papers and Addresses

By Grenville M. Dodge

Few people saw the birth of the transcontinental railroad from closer quarters than Grenville M. Dodge, the Union Pacific's chief engineer and a seasoned Civil War general. He built a nation's spine. In this classic railroad history book, Dodge recounts in his own measured, practical voice how the Union Pacific Railway was conceived, fought for and driven west, setting it alongside an illuminating engineering memoir collection of other historic railway essays and addresses. Together they form a clear, unsentimental record of American railroad engineering at its boldest, and of the harsh realities of the 19th century American West and the Gilded Age railroads that remade it. Grounded in first-hand experience rather than legend, Dodge's reflections on leadership, technical challenge and the hard compromises of progress have become essential union pacific construction history, prized by railway historians yet accessible for curious general readers. For railroad enthusiasts, for railway historians, and for fans of Stephen Ambrose seeking the original voices behind modern narrative histories, this volume stands among the enduring railroad history classics, a vivid companion to any library on building the transcontinental railroad. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, prepared for readers who wish to read deeply and collectors who value authentic, foundational accounts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9353608503
• ISBN13: 9789353608507
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"