When did the Union Pacific Railroad begin and end?
posted from CPRR Discussion Group at 7:51 PM
Monday, September 16, 2013
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The Union Pacific started laying track westward from Omaha, Nebraska in July, 1865.
The UPRR was completed on May 10, 1869 with the joining of the rails with the Central Pacific at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory.
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