
Here is the definitive history of the formative years of the railroad that spanned the continent. It is an engrossing recreation of the powerful personalities and dramatic events that led to the construction of the legendary Union Pacific Railroad. 115 black-and-white photographs...

The Union Pacific Railroad is renowned as America's first transcontinental railroad and is one of the strongest companies in the railroad industry today. The laying of the golden spike in Promontory, Utah, in 1869 marked not only the opening of the continent to settlement but...
