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the new pacific railroad was a transcontinental railway what does that mean?
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a railroad that runs across the contient... the transcontinental railroad is a railroad that reaches from North Carolina to California.
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The early invention improved the transcontinental transportation of the people and goods was the steam locomotive. This was facilitated by the rail road network that was developed.
"Transcontinental" means going all the way across the continent. A train whose route runs from New York to California is a transcontinental train. A flight that does the same is a transcontinental flight.
It means that is spans or extends across a continent. For example: a transcontinental railway is considered one that spans its network across two continents like from USA in North America to Brazil in South America.
Transcontinental means crossing or going across the continent.
It was a railway that connected the western states to the rest of the U.S.
Transcontinental is an adjective.
To be in or out of a network is to be in or out of service/connection.
The Transcontinental Railroad began in San Francisco Bay area and ended in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where it connected to the existing Eastern U. S. rail network. The railroad opened for through traffic on May 10, 1869.