1862年,，亞伯拉罕?林肯總統(tǒng)一聲令下,，兩家公司的競爭由此展開。當時,，聯(lián)合太平洋鐵路公司（Union Pacific Railroad）開始從奧馬哈向西修建鐵路,，而中央太平洋鐵路公司（Central Pacific Railroad）則從薩克拉門托向東修建鐵路。兩條鐵路在猶他州會合,，每家公司都可按照所修建鐵路的長度獲得土地和美國國債,。

    兩家公司的矛盾一直蔓延到工人階層，種族關系緊張則使這種狀況進一步惡化,。中央太平洋公司使用華人勞工,；而聯(lián)合太平洋則雇傭愛爾蘭人。為了打敗對方,，雙方都維持著非常高的建設速度,，許多人在這個過程中喪命,。（炸藥并沒有起到太大作用。）

    1869年,，兩家公司的鐵路貫通,，彼此的火車在對方的鐵軌上繼續(xù)行駛，穿越美國大陸,。競賽結束,，仇恨也煙消云散。

    結局：打平

    Abraham Lincoln kicked off the race in 1862. The Union Pacific Railroad started building westward from Omaha while the Central Pacific Railroad built eastward from Sacramento. They would meet in Utah, each receiving land and U.S. bonds per mile of track built.

    Bad blood spilled all the way down to the workers, exacerbated by racial tension. Pacific used Chinese immigrant labor; Union was staffed by Irishmen. Many died from the breakneck pace required to beat the other. (TNT explosions didn't help things much.)

    In 1869 trains from both companies touched noses, and then one passed the other to continue across the country. The race ended, their feud dissolved.

    Winner:Draw