Union Pacific Railroad
/ˌjuːniən pəˌsɪfɪk ˈreɪlrəʊd/
/ˌjuːniən pəˌsɪfɪk ˈreɪlrəʊd/
- a US rail line built in the 1860s, consisting of 1 086 miles/1 747 kilometres of track stretching west from Omaha, Nebraska. On 10 May 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, it met the Central Pacific Railroad, 690 miles/1 110 kilometres of track stretching east from Sacramento, California. There was a special ceremony in which a large gold nail was hit with a silver hammer to mark the first complete railway running all the way from the east to the west of America.
太平洋太平洋联合铁路公司(Union Pacific Railroad):建于1860年代的美国铁路线,由内布拉斯加州奥马哈向西延伸1 086英里/ 1 747公里。1869年5月10日,在犹他州的海角峰会上,它遇到了中央太平洋铁路,从加利福尼亚萨克拉曼多向东延伸690英里/ 1110公里。有一个特别的仪式,用银锤打一个大的金钉,标志着从美国东部到西部一直贯穿的第一条完整铁路。