Us Railroad Map 1870. The Western Pacific Railroad 1862-1870 was formed in 1862 to build a railroad from Sacramento California to the San Francisco Bay the westernmost portion of the First Transcontinental RailroadAfter the completion of the railroad from Sacramento to Alameda Terminal on September 6 1869 and then the Oakland Pier on November 8 1869 which was the Pacific coast terminus of the. These maps were published in 1873 by GW.
By 1860 30000 miles 49000 km of railroad tracks had been laid with 21300 miles 34000 km concentrated in the northeast. Map showing the line of the Louisville New Albany and St. This map shows railways in USA.
Includes railroads which have been completed and in operation up to July 1863.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was the first chartered railroad in the United States and was built to increase the flow of goods between Baltimore and Ohio. We are constantly working to expand our collection of historic maps. Map showing the line of the Louisville New Albany and St. The Chicago Burlington Quincy Railroad serving the Midwest since its founding in 1850 entered Nebraska in 1870 through its predecessor subsidiary the Burlington Missouri River Railroad.
