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Transcontinental railroad

A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks may be via the tracks of a single railroad, or via several railroads owned or controlled by multiple railway companies along a continuous route.

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Transcontinental railroad

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Transcontinental railroad

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related to Trans-Eurasia · 54
Transcontinental railroad → Afghanistan, Asia, Asian, Baghdad, Basra, Belarus, Central Asia, China, Chinese, Construction, En, Europe, Expansion, Initially, Iran, Iranian, Istanbul, It, Japan, Kazakhstan
related to Europe · 24
Transcontinental railroad → Austrian Southern Railway, Berlin, Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway, English Channel, Europe, Hamburg, Hamburg Railway, Le Havre, Lille, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Marseille, Mediterranean Sea, Multiple, North Sea, Northern Europe, Paris, The, The Baltic Sea, There
related to United States · 23
Transcontinental railroad → Alameda, Asa Whitney, Atlantic, California, Central Pacific Railroad, Congress, Interstate, Iowa, Its, Mississippi Rivers, Missouri, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Omaha, Pacific, Pacific Railroad, Pacific Railroad Acts, San Francisco Bay, September, The, Union Pacific Railroad
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Transcontinental railroad → Berkeley, CA, California Press, Glenn Williamson, Iron Muse, Photographing, University

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Transcontinental railroadrelated to EuropeThe0.60section
Transcontinental railroadrelated to EuropeEurope0.60section
Transcontinental railroadrelated to EuropeNorth Sea0.60section
Transcontinental railroadrelated to EuropeEnglish Channel0.60section

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