After many years of workers laying mile after mile of track, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads met on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, merging into one impossibly long.. CENTRAL PACIFIC-UNION PACIFIC RACECENTRAL PACIFIC-UNION PACIFIC RACE, a construction contest between the two railroad companies bidding for government subsidies, land grants, and public favor. The original Pacific Railway Act (1862) authorized the Central Pacific to build eastward from California and the Union Pacific to build westward to the western Nevada boundary.

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Standard Time, proposed by the nation's railroads, is adopted throughout the United States. 1884. The Oregon Short Line is completed, connecting the UP main line at Granger, Wyo., to the Pacific Northwest via the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company. The Southern Pacific company is created.. OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific managers undermined the U.S. government's efforts to assess safety at the railroad in the wake of several high-profile derailments across the industry by.