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1) Locomotive
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Learn what it was like to travel on the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
3) Iron rails, iron men, and the race to link the nation: the story of the transcontinental railroad
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Chronicles the six-year project of building the transcontinental railroad between America's East and West Coasts. Discusses the lives of the visionaries that ran the project, like Theodore Judah and James Strobridge, and how they created two railroad companies to make it happen--the Central Pacific, which built towards the east, and the Union Pacific, which built towards the west.
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In mid-1860s, two railroad companies had a huge job in front of them: building the transcontinental railroad. The railroad would run from east to west across the United States. As the grueling work began, there were many choices to make. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather blast rock to lay track in the Sierra Nevada mountain range or build bridges across raging rivers in the Great Plains? Would you rather sleep in a cold mountain tunnel or...
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"In this graphic novel, experience the great railroad race between Central Pacific and Union Pacific. Wealth and glory await whichever builds the longest track! In 1863, America is divided not just by the civil war but by months of travel over thousands of miles. Two railroad companies, one each from East and West, are given the task of connecting the nation by rail. Building this railroad will be a monumental undertaking, difficult and dangerous....
7) Coolies
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A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.
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"In the early nineteenth century, much of the land west of the Mississippi River was not yet part of the United States. Many people dreamed of settling this huge area, but the journey to get there was long and dangerous. By the mid-1860s, a bold plan had taken shape: the country had decided to build a single railroad stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Spanning North America, it would be the first railway to cross a continent:...