In 1867, fifteen-year-old Sean experiences both hardships and rewards when he joins his father in working on the building of the Transcontinental Rairoad.

History of the building and development of railroads in the western United States.

The rise of railroads played an enormous part in uniting the eastern United States to the West. Readers look at the planning and execution of the Transcontinental Railroad including the obstacles faced in the race to complete it. Readers will also gain a sense of what roles immigration and migration played in building the railroad, what life was like for railroad workers, and how railroad workers of different races were treated differently. Larger...

"In mid-1860s, two railroad companies had a huge job in front of them: building the transcontinental railroad. The railroad would run from east to west across the United States. As the grueling work began, there were many choices to make. Now the choices are yours. Would you rather blast rock to lay track in the Sierra Nevada mountain range or build bridges across raging rivers in the Great Plains? Would you rather sleep in a cold mountain tunnel...

Presents a history of the Transcontinental Railroad, and describes Manifest Destiny and the growing need of an east-west route across the continent, those who worked on both railroads, displacement of Native Americans, and the linking of the rails at Promontory Point, Utah.

"Explores various perspectives on the process of building the transcontinental railroad. The reader's choices reveal the historical details"--

Discusses the history of railroads in the United States, focusing on the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad. The construction of the Transcontinental Railroad was an extraordinary feat of engineering for its time. This book tells the story of the railroad and shows how the technical challenges and huge scale of the task were overcome by the hard labor of thousands of workers. It looks at the background to the project: an expanding nation...

Describes the efforts to build the first railroad to link the eastern and western United States and the obstacles that had to be overcome in the process.