Bain, David Haward,   1949- <br/><br/>
Empire express :  building the first transcontinental railroad / 
David Haward Bain. 
 - New York :  Penguin Books,  2000. 
 - xiii, 797 p. :  ill., maps. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History (cover) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [759]-777) and index. 
<br/><br/>Part I- 1845-57: A procession of dreamers--- Part II- 1860-61: Union, disunion, incorporation--- Part III- 1863: Last of the dreamers--- Part IV- 1864: Struggle for momentum--- Part V- 1865: The losses mount--- Part VI- 1866: Eyeing the main chance--- Part VII- 1867: Hell on wheels--- Part VIII- 1868: Going for broke--- Part IX- 1869: Battleground and meeeting ground--- Part X- 1872-73: Scandals, scapegoats, and Dodgers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0140084991(pbk) 9780140084993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Railroads--History.--United States<br/>Ferrocarriles --Historia --Estados Unidos 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>West (U.S.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE 2751  / B162e 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>385/.0973