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RIDING THE MIRACLE RAILS -- "NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD"

RIDING THE MIRACLE RAILS -- "NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD"

The Attic journeys over the Sierras on the trackbeds of America’s epic Transcontinental Railroad.

American Places, BUILDERSThe AtticAugust 11, 2022Transcontinental Railroad, Amtrak, Trains, Train rides, Sierra Nevadas Comments

"IMMIGRANTS -- WE GET THE JOB DONE!"

"IMMIGRANTS -- WE GET THE JOB DONE!"

Central and Union Pacific agreed. Without immigrants — Chinese and Irish — the mighty Transcontinental RR would not have been.

BUILDERSThe AtticJanuary 22, 2021Transcontinental Railroad, Chinese-Americans, Irish-Americans, Railroads Comments