Central Pacific Railroad
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| Founded | Sacramento |
|---|---|
| California | |
| United States | |
| Successor | Southern Pacific Transportation Company |
| Headquarters | Omaha |
| Nebraska | |
| United States | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) → 1 |
| Founders | Leland Stanford |
| Theodore Judah | |
| Charles Crocker | |
| Collis Potter Huntington | |
| Mark Hopkins Jr. | |
| Locale | Sacramento |
| Ogden | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 867303 |
About Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad was a rail company chartered by U. S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to complete the western part of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" in North America.
