The Central Pacific Railroad is an online virtual museum offering the history of the railroad. Here you can find lots of photo galleries, illustrations, maps, original photos, engravings, exhibits and much more.
Also you will find documents, articles and reports among other things. You can start off in this site by reading the transcontinental history. Here you can find many photos and pictures as well as information on this subject. In the Archive section of this site you can find full size stereoviews of the transcontinental railroad. You can select to open these from the list of available ones. Here you will also find the 19th Century City Views as well. In the Exhibit section of this site you can find and look at the transcontinental railroad exhibits. These are online presentations where you can look at different photos, and find information as well. In the Chinese section of this site you can find information about the Chinese-American contribution to this railroad. 
