With the routing chosen Congress passed the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, signed into law by President Lincoln on July 1, 1862. Union Pacific DDA40X "Centennial" #6913 and an SD40-2 lead trailers westbound outside of Cheyenne, Wyoming as the train passes beneath Interstate 80, circa 1984....
Pacific Railway Acts, (1862, 1864), two measures that provided federal subsidies in land and loans for the construction of a transcontinental railroad across the United States. The first Pacific Railway Act (July 1, 1862) authorized the building of the railroad and granted rights of way to the...