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Can you please tell me how long it took to ride across the Transcontinental Railway?
—Debbie Moriconi
"There are six days and five nights to be spent on the railroad between Chicago and San Francisco ... "Timetable
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From: "Morgan Cooley-Hall" morgan4255@me.comHow long would it take to travel all the way on the Transcontinental Railroad?
"Within five years of Abraham Lincoln's signing the Pacific Railroad Act, advertisements could offer 'San Francisco to New York — 6 Days and 20 Hours,' a far cry from the hundred days required to sail around the coast of South America or cross the isthmus of Panama on foot."
From: "Maricruz Lara" mlara2@pvlearners.netHow long did it take to get from Nebraska to California?
99 1/2 hours in 1869Also see,Official Rail GuideCP-UP Timetable 1881transcontinental train trip in 1923
"There are six days and five nights to be spent on the railroad between Chicago and San Francisco ... "
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ReplyDeleteHow long would it take to travel all the way on the Transcontinental Railroad?
"Within five years of Abraham Lincoln's signing the Pacific Railroad Act, advertisements could offer 'San Francisco to New York — 6 Days and 20 Hours,' a far cry from the hundred days required to sail around the coast of South America or cross the isthmus of Panama on foot."
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ReplyDeleteHow long did it take to get from Nebraska to California?
99 1/2 hours in 1869
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Official Rail Guide
CP-UP Timetable 1881
transcontinental train trip in 1923