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The First Transcontinental Railroad
by
John Debo Galloway

Illustrations

The table of illustrations in the printed edition is a bit less detailed than the one that follows here, since the book gathers (almost) all its illustrations in two signatures, one for each Railroad, so there is no need for such an index. On this site though, I've placed each photograph in an appropriate part of the text, so the page numbers will be useful: each links to its photo of course.

Central Pacific section

Officers of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific	mmm
Theodore Dehone Judah Memorial, J. F. Coleman, Pres., Amer. Soc. of Civil Engineers	mmm
Theodore Dehone Judah, Carl I. Wheat	mmm
Map drawn by Theodore D. Judah, National Archives and Southern Pacific	mmm
Central Pacific construction chiefs, Southern Pacific, (Clement) R. M. Clement	mmm
Fill at Heath's Ravine in the Sierra Nevada, Southern Pacific	mmm
Owl Gap Cut near Blue Canyon, California, Southern Pacific	mmm
Track-laying operations in Nevada deserts, Southern Pacific	mmm
Central Pacific construction town of Carlin, Nevada, Southern Pacific	mmm
Two types of Central Pacific wooden bridges, Southern Pacific	mmm
First railroad bridge over the American River, Southern Pacific	mmm
Early Central Pacific bridges, Southern Pacific, (howe truss) D. L. Joslyn	mmm
Snow protection in the high Sierra, Southern Pacific	mmm
Two Central Pacific Tunnels and a cut, (Donner Lake) D. L. Joslyn, Southern Pacific	mmm
Scene at Truckee Depot, Southern Pacific	13A
Stage coaches met trains at Colfax, California, Southern Pacific	13B
Fire-fighting train "Grey Eagle," W. A. Lucas	mmm
Two commissioners on pilot beam of the "Falcon," W. A. Lucas	mmm
The locomotive "Hercules" at Cisco, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Water train pulled by locomotive "El Dorado," W. A. Lucas	mmm
"C. P. Huntington" as it looks today, W. A. Lucas	mmm
"C. P. Huntington" during the building of the railroad, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Engine No. 60, the "Jupiter," lets off steam, W. A. Lucas	mmm
President Stanford's train on the way to the meeting of the rails, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Historic scene at Promontory on May 10, 1869, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Sign marking end of ten-mile section of track laid in one day, Southern Pacific	mmm

Union Pacific section

Officers of the Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific	mmm
Leaders in Union Pacific engineering and construction, Union Pacific, (Dey) Iowa Hist. Soc., (Casement) D. M. Casement	mmm
Railroad supplies being unloaded from a river steamer, W. A. Lucas	mmm
View of Omaha in the 'sixties, W. A. Lucas	mmm
General Casement's twelve-car construction train, Union Pacific	mmm
Union Pacific construction train joins a wagon party, Union Pacific	mmm
Union Pacific rails parallel Oregon trail in Echo Canyon, Jackson	mmm
Burning Rock Cut showing rock stratification, Union Pacific	mmm
Carmichael's Cut at Granite Canyon, Wyoming, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Granite Canyon located west of Cheyenne, Union Pacific	mmm
Eastern portals of Union Pacific Tunnel No. 3, Union Pacific	mmm
Bridges of the Union Pacific, Union Pacific	mmm
Devil's Gate in Utah's Weber Canyon, Union Pacific	mmm
Echo City, Utah, a Union Pacific construction town, Union Pacific	mmm
Engine No. 119 represented Union Pacific power at Promontory, W. A. Lucas	mmm
"Vice Adm. Farragut" was an early Union Pacific locomotive, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Locomotive No. 75, a typical passenger engine, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Engine No. 121 heads east from Ogden, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Engineº No. 86 at Green River Station, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Telegraph linemen in Weber Canyon, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Union Pacific's famous 1,000 Mile Tree, Jackson	mmm
Officers of the Union Pacific hold a conference, W. A. Lucas	mmm
Engine No. 119 crosses a Central Pacific trestle near Promontory, Union Pacific	mmm
Abandoned Central Pacific and Union Pacific grades run parallel, Union Pacific	mmm
Author at Last Spike Monument at Promontory, Southern Pacific	mmm

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The First Transcontinental Railroad by John Debo Galloway

Illustrations

Central Pacific section

Union Pacific section

The First Transcontinental Railroad
by
John Debo Galloway