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Author: Doug Noble
The Sacramento Valley Railroad: Part 1 – The Beginning
The Sacramento Valley Railroad: Part 2 – Construction Begins
Construction Begins and Folsom is Reached While Theodore Judah was being hired to survey the new railroad and an engineering firm hired, Colonel Charles Lincoln Wilson, with the help of Judge Divine, a promoter of a railroad from San Jose…
The Sacramento Valley Railroad: Part 3 – Progress, then Competition
On Towards Placerville, But Then the Central Pacific Begins Construction Though the Sacramento Valley Railroad was not yet completed, the four engines were pulling trains loaded with all the passengers and freight they could handle. But, even with this success,…