American railroad chartered by the United States Congress in 1862 to build the eastern portion of the first transcontinental railroad. Its track met the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah, on 10 May 1869, joining the American rail network coast to coast for the first time. It remains one of the largest freight railroads in North America. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founded Year SignificanceBuilt the eastern half of the first transcontinental railroad in North America, completed in 1869; the company remains a major freight operator, running roughly 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles of route across 23 U.S. states. 1 Headquarters Connections
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A federally chartered land-grant railroad, the classic American common carrier
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Union Pacific built the eastern half, from Council Bluffs, and is this atlas's existing network entity for the line; the Central Pacific, its westward-building partner, has no live network entity on this atlas yet, a gap left for a future wave rather than invented here.
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1. Wikipedia: Union Pacific Railroad
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the first transcontinental railroad in North America ... operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states
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Union Pacific Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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