Central Pacific Railroad


Chinese Workers on Wood Train
Congratulations, CPRR Crew, you and the new workers have earned 150 miles of newly laid track.
 
 

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The new Chinese crews are using handpicks, shovels, black powder and nitroglycerine to break through the hard granite rock.
Chinese Working on Rocks

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