Railroads & Locomotives History A map of the Union Pacific’s major challenge in building the Transcontinental Railroad: Sherman Hill

A map of the Union Pacific’s major challenge in building the Transcontinental Railroad: Sherman Hill

By Angela Cotey | April 10, 2019

| Last updated on November 23, 2020


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Map of Sherman Hill on Union Pacific: one of the Transcontinental Railroad’s challenging obstacles

Sherman Hill is one of the imposing physical challenges from the building of the first Transcontinental Railroad that remains a challenge today.

In this map, see what Sherman Hill is like from an operations point-of-view for Union Pacific.

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