“transcontinental railroad” ( connect) union: central pacific: both railroads: •hired workers from china •started laying track in council bluffs, lowa •ended in promontory summit, utah •began in the sacramento, ca. •part of the first u. s. transcontinental railroad •funded by leland stanford, charley crocker, mark hopkins, and collis p. huntington •workers included civil war vest, former criminals, and irish immigrants