Transcontinental Railroad Facts | Facts about Transcontinental Railroads

Where was the golden spike in the Transcontinental Railroad driven?

The Transcontinental Railroad was completed when the golden spike was driven at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869.

The Central Pacific built the Transcontinental Railroad from the west and the Union Pacific built it from the east.

Thousands of Chinese immigrant workers built most of the Central Pacific line.

The Transcontinental Railroad cut a cross-country trip from months to about a week.

A single-word telegraph message, "DONE," announced the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.

The golden spike is kept at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center.

On April 28, 1869, Central Pacific workers laid 10 miles of track in a single day.

Railroads created standard time zones in the US in 1883.

Workers blasted tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains to build the Transcontinental Railroad.

President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act in 1862.