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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent older resource on the building of the railroad, May 4, 2007

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This review is from: The First Transcontinental Railroad: Central Pacific, Union Pacific (The Railroads) (Hardcover)

If you are only going to read one book on this subject, I'd suggest Nothing Like It In the World : The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 or Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad. Galloway died in 1943, and his work has often been used as a source for the more recent books in the field, like those just mentioned. However, for anyone with a deeper interest in the subject, this is a treasure-trove of detail. Galloway was a prominent civil engineer with much railroad experience, and he brings a unique perspective to the subject.

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1.0 out of 5 stars helo et phone home, November 18, 2003

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hello this is a bad book nothing good in it

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