In an effort to gain public attention about train travel, a train named the Transcontinental Express traveling via the first transcontinental railroad arrives in San Francisco 83 hours and 39 minutes after it left New York City showcasing the speed and efficiency of the first transcontinental railroad. Only ten years before, the same journey would have taken months over land or weeks on ship. The feat was reported widely in U.S. newspapers. More
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