The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track.
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| - The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track. (en)
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| - Map of Golden Spike National Historical Park, whose grounds include the site of Camp Victory and the end of the record-setting 10 miles of track laid in one day, west of the Visitor's Center. (en)
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| - The music of the regulated blocks of the spikedrivers falls deliciously on the ear; the steady advances of the ballasters excite the liveliest demonstrations on my part; the splendid drill of the supply trains behind I regard as something in which I have a personal interest; I have become a C.P. of the most violent and uncompromising kind; it is with difficulty that I can restrain myself from a demonstration of triumph that will compel the U.P.'.s sitting there alone by themselves, with long faces, and exchanging, to all appearances, lugubrious remarks, to sink right into their boots; and the pride which the Californian on such an occasion could not fail to feel is entirely justifiable. It is to some extent a contest between the East and West. The ostensible combat with that old and uncompromising demon who has been struggling for centuries to keep the peoples apart. The real tussle, at least to-day, is between the old, worn-out, debauched and dissipated East and the young, vigorous, enterprising, organizing, audacious West. No man could look upon the scenes which I have witnessed this day without rejoicing that his lot is cast by the setting sun. (en)
- The iron is all well up to the front; there is no longer a hesitancy of failure; the running of an engine off the track cannot retard us. I say "we," because I have become infected by the prevailing enthusiasm. I no longer look upon these gymnastic track-layers with the cold eye of a mere out sider; I no longer merely admire the well-trained artisans who follow them; I no longer accept logically the dexterous performances of the Chinese as a proof that the advanced opinion in relation to their usefulness has received upon this field irrefragable proofs of its correctness. By some process of reasoning unknown to me, I have become merged in the busy mass around. (en)
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| - The tracklaying race of 1869 was an unofficial contest between tracklaying crews of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads, held during the construction of the First transcontinental railroad. The competition was to determine who would first reach the meeting place at Promontory, Utah. Starting in 1868 the railroad crews set, and subsequently broke, each other's world records for the longest length of track laid in a single day. This culminated in the April 28, 1869 record set by Chinese and Irish crews of the Central Pacific who laid 10 miles 56 feet (16.111 km) of track in one day. That record was again broken by approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in August 1870 by two crews of the Kansas Pacific, working from opposite ends of the same track. (en)
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