The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific & Union Pacific

by John Debo Galloway and C.E. John Debo Galloway

The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific, Union Pacific This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880294094
• ISBN13: 9780880294096
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Dorset Press
• Length: 319 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An excellent older resource on the building of the railroad

If you are only going to read one book on this subject, I'd suggest Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 or Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad. Galloway died in 1943, and his work has often been used as a source for the more recent books in the field, like those just mentioned. However, for anyone with a deeper interest in the subject, this is a treasure-trove of detail. Galloway was a prominent civil engineer with much railroad experience, and he brings a unique perspective to the subject.