The Story of the Transcontinental Railroad: America's Greatest Infrastructure Project
May 14, 2025
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On this episode of Our American Stories, climb aboard! The late, great historian Stephen Ambrose shares the epic story of how Americans laid 1,900 miles of track from Omaha to Sacramento to complete one of our nation’s greatest infrastructure achievements—the Transcontinental Railroad.
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