transcontinental railroad

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• Transcontinental railroad — perhaps being an exception. The Americas Panama The world s first inter oceanic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ ] railroad was the Panama Railway, completed in 1855. Built near the narrowest point of the Central American isthmus in modern day… …   Wikipedia

• First Transcontinental Railroad — This article refers to a railroad built in the United States between Omaha and Sacramento, completed in 1869. For other transcontinental railroads see transcontinental railroad. At the ceremony for the driving of the Last Spike at Promontory… …   Wikipedia

• Transcontinental — may refer to: *transcontinental flight from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States *Transcontinental airspeed record from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the United States *Transcontinental (publisher), a major Canadian newspaper and… …   Wikipedia

• Railroad police — is a type of security police responsible for policing railroad (or railway) lines. In the United States and Canada, they are employed by the major Class I railroads, as well as some smaller ones. In other countries, this work is typically done by …   Wikipedia

• Transcontinental flight — is travelling by air from the Atlantic Ocean coast to the Pacific Ocean coast, or in the reverse. The first transcontinental flight was made by Calbraith Perry Rodgers to win the prize offered by publisher William Randolph Hearst. He offered a… …   Wikipedia

• Transcontinental — Trans*con ti*nen tal, a. [Pref. trans + continental.] Extending or going across a continent; as, a transcontinental railroad or journey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• transcontinental — (adj.) 1853 (in transcontinental railroad), American English, from TRANS (Cf. trans ) + CONTINENTAL (Cf. continental) …   Etymology dictionary

• railroad — /rayl rohd /, n. 1. a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail. 2. an entire system… …   Universalium

• Transcontinental Express — As a publicity stunt, the express train called the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad on 4 June 1876, only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City. The feat was… …   Wikipedia

• Transcontinental — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Médias Transcontinental est le quatrième groupe de presse écrite au Canada et est une filiale de Transcontinental inc. Transcontinental inc. est le… …   Wikipédia en Français

• transcontinental — adjective Crossing, spanning a continent. See Also: transcontinental railroad, transcontinental missile, transcontinental highway …   Wiktionary