Khipha amagama ezinkampani ezakha iPacific Railroad
Context:Umzila wesitimela odlula amazwekazi e-United States yinoma yimuphi umugqa wesitimela oqhubekayo oxhumanisa indawo ogwini lwasePacific lwase-US nomunye noma ngaphezulu wojantshi besitimela somzila wesitimela wasempumalanga wesizwe osebenza phakathi kweMissouri noma iMississippi Rivers kanye nogu lwe-Atlantic lase-US. Uhlelo lokuqala oluqondile lomgwaqo wesitimela odlula ezwekazini e - United States lwethulwa e - Congress ngu - Asa Whitney ngo - 1845.  Uchungechunge lwezitimela eziwela amazwekazi ezakhiwa engxenyeni yokugcina yekhulu le-19 leminyaka lwakha inethiwekhi yezokuthutha ezweni lonke eyayihlanganisa izwe ngesitimela. Eyokuqala yalezi, i-3,103 km (1,928 mi) "Pacific Railroad", yakhiwa yiCentral Pacific Railroad kanye ne-Union Pacific Railroad ukuxhuma iSan Francisco Bay e-Alameda, eCalifornia, nenethiwekhi yesitimela esempumalanga yesizwe e-Council Bluffs, e-Iowa / Omaha, eNebraska, ngaleyo ndlela kwakhiwa ujantshi wokuqala womhlaba wonke lapho kuvulwa ngo-1869. Ukwakhiwa kwalo kwenziwa uhulumeni wase-US ngaphansi kwe-Pacific Railroad Acts ka-1862, 1864, no-1867. Umzila wayo wokuqala wawuseduze kakhulu nomgwaqo omkhulu ongu - Interstate 80 wamanje.
I-"Pacific Railroad" yakhiwa yiCentral Pacific Railroad ne-Union Pacific Railroad.