books.google.co.uk - The Union Pacific Railroad is renowned as America’s first transcontinental railroad and is one of the strongest companies in the railroad industry today. The laying of the golden spike in Promontory, Utah, in 1869 marked not only the opening of the continent to settlement but also the transformation...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Union_Pacific.html?id=ExkjGddZkRIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareUnion Pacific