Original Union Pacific Railroad Map

This 1870 system map depicts the central pacific only a year after operations began. The original union pacific reached the new railroad town of cheyenne in december 1867, having laid about 270 miles (430 km) that year. By 2019, 150 years after joining their rails at promontory summit, utah, only the union pacific remains.

This 1870 system map depicts the central pacific only a year after operations began. Across the top is a view from the atlantic to the pacific ocean showing the sights along the way from the ships in san francisco harbor to high mountain peaks, from farmland to bustling manhattan and new york city. Haasis and lubrect's railroad map of the american union celebrates the completion of the transcontinental railroad in spectacular fashion.

Original Union Pacific Railroad Map Today, tourists and enterprising photographers can visit much of what american ancestors left behind 150 years ago.

Across the top is a view from the atlantic to the pacific ocean showing the sights along the way from the ships in san francisco harbor to high mountain peaks, from farmland to bustling manhattan and new york city. Haasis and lubrect's railroad map of the american union celebrates the completion of the transcontinental railroad in spectacular fashion. Union pacific operates along much of the original transcontinental railroad route between sacramento, calif., and omaha, neb., but it’s routes also connect every state from the mississippi river to the pacific ocean. This 19th century map illustrating the many places one could travel on the union pacific railway is the product of a multitude of choices made by the mapmaker.