Bvisa mazita emakambani akavaka Pacific Railroad
Context:Njanji inopfuura nemunyika muUnited States chero njanji inopfuurira inobatanidza nzvimbo iri pamhenderekedzo yePacific yeU.S. neimwe kana kupfuura njanji dzenyika yekumabvazuva trunk line njanji masisitimu anoshanda pakati peMissouri kana Mississippi Rivers uye US Atlantic mhenderekedzo. Chirongwa chokutanga chechokwadi chechitima chinopfuura nomunyika dzakawanda muUnited States chakapiwa kuCongress naAsa Whitney muna 1845.  Njanji dzakawanda dzakapfuura nomunyika dzakawanda dzakavakwa mukati mechikamu chechitatu chokupedzisira chezana ramakore rechi19 dzakaumba nzira yokufambisa yenyika yose yakabatanidza nyika nechitima. Yokutanga yeiyi, iyo 3,103 km (1,928 mi) "Pacific Railroad", yakavakwa neCentral Pacific Railroad uye Union Pacific Railroad yekubatanidza San Francisco Bay kuAlameda, California, pamwe nenyika iripo yekumabvazuva njanji njanji kuCouncil Bluffs, Iowa / Omaha, Nebraska, nokudaro ichigadzira nyika yekutanga transcontinental njanji payakavhurwa muna 1869. Kuvakwa kwaro kwakaitwa kunobvira nehurumende yeUnited States pasi pePacific Railroad Acts ya 1862, 1864, uye 1867. Nzira yaro yapakuvamba yakanga iri pedyo zvikuru neInterstate 80 yazvino.
"Pacific Railroad" yakavakwa neCentral Pacific Railroad uye Union Pacific Railroad.