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Central Pacific Railroad Across Nevada
108 comparative photographs of the Central Pacific Railroad as its construction progressed across Nevada, circa 1868 by Alfred A. Hart and 1997 by Lawrence K. Hersh
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CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD Photographic History Museum
The first transcontinental railroad was completed when the rails of the Union Pacific, reaching westward from Omaha, Nebraska, and those of the Central Pacific Railroad, reaching eastward from Sacramento, California were joined, completing the coast-to-coast connection. The telegraph signaled a waiting nation: "DONE!"
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Kloke Locomotive Works
In 1868, the Central Pacific Railroad purchased four locomotives from Schenectady Locomotive Works. They were The Jupiter #60, The Storm #61, The Whirlwind #62 and The Leviathan #63. In 1999, David Kloke, owner of Kloke Construction and Kloke Locomotive Works, LLC., had a dream of replicating The Leviathan #63.
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