By the end of 1865, only 40 miles of track had been laid across the inviting valley. Veterans for the Railroad's Ranks The end of the Civil War brought a change of fortune for the Union Pacific.

Asa Whitney presents a resolution in Congress endorsing the funding of a railroad to the ... chief engineer of the Union Pacific. July: Casement crews add 60 miles of track to bring the Union ...

Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track ...