Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Constructing the Central Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book written by a civil engineer, John Debo Galloway, this article discusses the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad including construction methods, problems, and the eventual meeting of the rails at Promontory Point.
Handout
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum

Cprr Photographic History Museum: Tunnels of the Pacific Railroad

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an abstract from Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine from 1870 from a paper by John R. Gilliss. A comprehensive look at the tunnels built along the route of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific...