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	Transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A transcontinental railroad is a railway that crosses a continent, typically from "sea to sea".
		The First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869, after track was laid over a 1,756 mile (2,826 km) gap between Sacramento and Omaha in six years by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad.
		The Trans-Asian Railway is a project to link Singapore to Istanbul and is to a large degree complete with missing pieces primarily between Iran and Pakistan (under construction in 2005), and in Myanmar, aside from political issues.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transcontinental_railroad (1137 words)

	Railways
		The construction of the Intercolonial Railway, to connect the original partners of Confederation, was a condition of union written into the new constitution.
		The construction of a railway to the Pacific Ocean was condition for the entry of British Columbia into the new nation of Canada.
		The Pacific Railway, on the other hand, was to be a private enterprise, even though it was given extremely generous financial and other assistance by the government.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=J1SEC625368 (327 words)

	National Transcontinental Railway
		The National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) was a government-built railway from Winnipeg, via Sioux Lookout, Kapuskasing, Cochrane and Québec City, to Moncton.
		In October 1903 the government of Sir Wilfrid LAURIER committed itself to the construction of a third transcontinental railway, despite the existence of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY and the CANADIAN NORTHERN RAILWAY.
		He persuaded the GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY (GTR), under the leadership of Charles HAYS, to take part in western railway expansion with the assistance of the Canadian Northern Railway.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005635 (404 words)

	History of Railroads in Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The National Transcontinental was to be financed by Government funds, the Grand Trunk Railway to approved the specifications; on completion the line was to be leased to the Grand Trunk Pacific for operation, without rental, for 7 years, and 3% of the cost for the next 43 years.
		The National Transcontinental, as we have seen, was to be built by the Government between Moncton and Winnipeg, and the Grand Trunk Pacific agreed to construct and operate a line of railway, with feeder branches, from Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast.
		They were called upon to report on the status of Canada's three transcontinental railways, what re-organization they considered necessary, or in case of acquisition by the Government, to give their opinions as to the best methods of operation.
	www.cnpensioners.org /history_of_railroads_in_canada.htm (7885 words)

	North American Railroads
		The Union Pacific Railway was to advance westward from the Missouri and the Central Pacific eastwards from the Pacific coast.
		The general belief that the winter-bound country was untenable spread to the railway, and with the loading into trucks of the last of the season's grain, all locomotives, wagons, and men on the prairie were withdrawn.
		One of the earliest railways to be built in the interior of the United States was the Illinois Central Railroad, which was formed in February, 1851, by the General Assembly of Illinois.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r024.html (6469 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Australia/Antarctica / Australia Toasts New Transcontinental Railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The idea of a transcontinental railway was first mooted 100 years ago and it is 75 years since the first train traveled from Adelaide to Alice Springs in central Australia.
		But after years of economic and political debates, the dream of a south-to-north railway only became reality last year when a $1 billion extension to Darwin was completed using a mix of private, state and national funding.
		According to Great Southern Railway, "The Ghan" was once reportedly stranded for two weeks after the track was washed away and the engineer had to shoot wild goats to feed his guests.
	www.boston.com /news/world/australia/articles/2004/02/17/australia_toasts_new_transcontinental_railway (860 words)

	National Transcontinental Railway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) was a historic (A river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) Canadian (Line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a railway system) railway.
		But the monopolistic policies of the CPR, coupled with its southerly routing (new scientific discoveries were pushing the northern boundary of (Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet) cereal crops), led to increasing western discontent with the railway and federal transportation policies.
		The federal government had encouraged the (Click link for more info and facts about Grand Trunk Railway) Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) system in the (The decade from 1870 to 1879) 1870s to consider building the transcontinental rail line, but formed the CPR to do the job after the GTR balked.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/N/Na/National_Transcontinental_Railway.htm (761 words)

	Country:
		Baikal –Amur Railway is planned to be extended to the Elginskoye Coal Deposit, the largest in the RFE, in the south of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.
		During the Soviet period, the Trans-Siberian Railway was one of the shortest transit routes from Eastern Asia to Western Europe and transported 100,000 – 150,000 containers annually.
		The railway width in Russia is different from the railway width in Europe and North and South Koreas.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/isa/011001RR.htm (1945 words)

	CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY - ECONOMY AND TECHNOLOGY - BC ARCHIVES TIME MACHINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The transcontinental railway linked the new province to the trade and economy of the rest of the country.
		However it was not until 1880 that construction of transcontinental railway was begun by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR).
		Building the first railway across the country was the largest project undertaken by the new country of Canada.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /time/galler08/frames/cpr.htm (235 words)

	Transcontinental Railway Strategy, 1869-1893: A Study of Businessmen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This fascinating history chronicles the building of the Western railway system in the United States and of the trailblazers who made it a reality.
		The building of the western railway system in the United States was described at the time as "one of the greatest industrial feats in the world's history." This book tells the story of the trailblazers of the Western railway industry, men with a stalwart willingness to take on extraordinary personal financial risk.
		As railway lines in the West were built in relatively unsettled areas, traffic was light and returns correspondingly low.
	www.beardbooks.com /transcontinental_railway_strategy.html (618 words)

	The Philosophy of Railways: The Transcontinental Railway Idea in British North America by Douglas Francis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This philosophy of railways had a definite national ethos to it, den Otter argues, but it was an ethos that rested on certain premises that might appear at first glance not to be nationalistic at all in the traditional sense of the word.
		Thus, in The Philosophy of Railways, den Otter upholds the old myth that railway building, including the construction of the cpr, was a national enterprise; but he challenges the definition of some of the tenets that made up that national myth.
		The Philosophy of Railways is a valuable study, not so much for the philosophy it presents as for Den Otter’s ability to pull together into one book the arguments and activities that together explain the importance of the railroad era in Canada between 1849 and 1885.
	www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/793/thephilosophy.html (832 words)

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		Construction Authorized by Act of Congress The Pacific Railway Act of 1862, authorized by an "Act of Congress" signed by President Lincoln on 1st July, 1862, permitted the construction of a railway from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast.
		The building of the line was to be under taken by the Union Pacific Railway advancing westward from the Missouri and the Central Pacific Railroad, eastwards from the Pacific Coast.
		Railways in Missouri had chosen a 5' 6" gauge, while the Baltimore and Ohio, together with the Vanderbilt system, had adopted the British Standard 4' 8".
	www.trainweb.org /mystation/USAcent.txt (963 words)

	Civilization.ca - Advertising for immigrants to western Canada - Immigrants' possessions - The early years, 1870-1897
		A railway was urgently needed to take passengers west to settle the vast area of the North-West Territories recently acquired by the Canadian government.
		Building a trans-continental railway was a major priority for Macdonald, and one of the pillars of his National Policy.
		But Sir John A. Macdonald returned to office in 1878, and his second attempt succeeded: in 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed and the CPR joined forces with the government to advertise for immigrants to western Canada.
	www.civilization.ca /hist/advertis/ads2-01e.html (264 words)

	AustralAsia Railway Corporation
		Railways were needed to bring wheat and mining produce to Port Augusta and Adelaide, but these early lines were seen as the start of a transcontinental line that would foster the development of mining, tropical agriculture and trade with Asia.
		Canada's 3000 mile transcontinental railway was built by a Montreal syndicate and funded by granting large tracts of land to the developers.
		By 1891, South Australia had spent 10 million on railways, the colony's bonded debt was 21.5 million pounds, two million of which was incurred in the Territory, and the completion of the northern line coincided with growing disillusionment with its northern colony.
	www.aarc.com.au /aarc/info/history.html (4802 words)

	Search Results for transcontinental - Encyclopædia Britannica
		To maintain that vast area and to ensure its independence from the United States, it was necessary to build a...
		In 1847 the Colombian government negotiated the building of a transcontinental railroad by investors in the United States, but political and health problems kept it from becoming operational until...
		Resource on the construction of the first American transcontinental rail line in the 19th century, supported with an extensive image gallery comprising of stereographs, engravings, maps, and photographs.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=transcontinental&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT (457 words)

	ipedia.com: First Transcontinental Railroad Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For accuracy it should be noted that this was not the first railroad to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific; that honor goes to the Panama Railway, a 48 mile long line across Panama, completed in 1855.
		Although Theodore Judah is considered to be the father of the First Transcontinental Railroad, Asa Whitney made what some consider the first concerted attempt to get the government to seriously consider such a project.
		The years immediately following the construction of the railway were years of astounding growth for the United States, largely due to the speed and ease of travel this railroad provided.
	www.ipedia.com /first_transcontinental_railroad.html (1769 words)

	"Transcontinental Railway from Roma to Point Parker"
		Before leaving Charleville for Blackall, I learned that the valley of the Ward River was the most suitable for a railway, that the soil was much richer than by any other route, but that it was just then impossible to travel that way in consequence of the scarcity of feed and water.
		The country is easy for the construction of a railway, the earthworks light, and indications of plenty of ballast.
		When the holding is made secure, either by purchase of the freehold or a lease giving security from invasion or interference for ever or for a definite number of years, the expenditure of capital and labour will be justified, and the productiveness of the soil unlimited.
	rawsonplace.esmartdesign.com /watson/text.html (3409 words)

	Steamtown NHS: Special History Study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Canadian Pacific Railway was incorporated on February 17, 188110 take over a scheme of the Dominion government to build Canada's first transcontinental railroad, connecting the seaboard of British Columbia with the system of railways that already existed in eastern Canada.
		The Canadian National Railways, in contrast, is a transcontinental railway system operating in many places in competition with the Canadian Pacific, but is a government-owned corporation, in effect a nationalized railway system.
		Another railway system in Canada that had an early start was that of the Grand Trunk Railway, incorporated in 1853 by British investors, and for many years the largest privately owned railway system in Canada.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/steamtown/shs3.htm (1529 words)

	Canadian Pacific Railway on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On November 11, Canadian Pacific Railway honours Canadian and American military veterans.
		Canadian Pacific Railway Limited announces share repurchase program.
		Canadian Pacific Railway names Kamloops' interchange in honour of Chinese rail worker.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CanadP1R1l.asp (396 words)

	transcontinental railroad on Encyclopedia.com
		Rivalry over the route was intense, however, and when Senator Stephen Douglas introduced (1854) his Kansas-Nebraska Act, intended to win approval for a line from Chicago, the ensuing sectional controversy between North and South forced a delay in the plans.
		The law provided that the railroad be built by two companies; each received federal land grants of 10 alternate sections per mile on both sides of the line (the amount was doubled in 1864) and a 30-year government loan for each mile of track constructed.
		The transcontinental railroads immeasurably aided the settling of the west and hastened the closing of the frontier.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t1/transcon.asp (695 words)

	Relatedlinks
		Canadian Pacific Railway operates a site dedicated to their history at www.cprheritage.ca It includes images taken throughout their history.
		Association of Railway Museums - A professional association that educates and advocates railway heritage and promotes museum practices for railway museums.
		Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - The continent's oldest organization dedicated to railway history.
	www.trainmuseum.org /Roundhouse/RelatedLinks.htm (514 words)

	National Transcontinental Railway
		Location: The National Transcontinental Railway (NTR) is located in Northern Ontario, stretching from one end of the Province to the other (Manitoba to Quebec), for the most part in a straight line.
		History: The background of the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, truly one of the largest undertakings of its time, has its roots in the power-play matches that took place in the early years of this century amongst the railway barons, politicians and other interested parties of the day.
		Laurier viewed an additional transcontinental line to the west as an opportunity for his government to achieve many of the economic and growth goals they had set, in particular a direct, all-Canadian route east for prairie grain.
	home.primus.ca /~robkath/railntr.htm (2238 words)

	Information about Canada FDC: 37¢ Grand Trunk Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first railway in Canada -- the Champlain and St. Lawrence -- was established on July 21, 1836 as a portage railway linking the St. Lawrence River opposite Montreal with the Champlain River at St. Johns.
		This railway was adopted in 1856 by the Grand Trunk Railway, an English-owned line which was conceived as a main line linking Upper and Lower Canada.
		In 1923, the new Canadian National Railway was legally created, consisting of the Canadian Northern Railway, the National Transcontinental Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific.
	www.unicover.com /EA4NA0M1.htm (435 words)

	TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A Transcontinental railroad is a railway across an entire continent.
		Panama Railway, completed 1855, near the narrowest point on continent, only 48 miles long.
		First Transcontinental Railroad (North America) completed 1869, after track was laid over a 1,700 mile (2,700 km) gap in six years.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/TRANSCONTINENTAL+RAILWAY (106 words)

	Railways in Western Australia
		The opening of the transcontinental railway line in 1917 was the culmination of two decades of agitation on the part of Western Australian politicians.
		The railway finally provided a land link for Western Australians with their eastern neighbours.
		Yet for all its inconvenience, perhaps because of it, the railway remained an important symbol of national unity.
	www.liswa.wa.gov.au /federation/iss/077_rail.htm (169 words)

	transcontinental railway - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Stockton and Darlington Railway was opened for traffic on September...information on the subject of canals, railways, steam engines, and the industrial arts...also visited the Stockton and Darlington Railway and had seen the operation of the line...
		...impressed by the physical shape of the railway, writing to his father in the spring...today there is not one single American transcontinental line in the splendid physical condition...admire about the rank and file Russian railway workers, whom he described to his father...
		Grant, Ulysses S....way for completion of the transcontinental railway to the West Coast.
	www.questia.com /search/transcontinental-railway (1496 words)

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