The Modern Marvels: Transcontinental Railroad

Take a closer look at the mode of transportation that bridged the gap between the Eastern and Western United States with this installment of The History Channel's Modern Marvels series offering a detailed history of the transcontinental railroad. A project that was unprecedented in both size and scope, the transcontinental railroad was truly the genesis of modern transportation, and now viewers can learn the whole story from the time the first spike was driven into the ground to the modern system as we know it today.