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"Transcontinental" railroads?

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Posted by D&HRetiree on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:07 PM

CNR operates in eight Provinces extending from Halifax, N.S. to Vancouver and Prince Rupert, B.C. CP operates in six provinces from Montreal and Quebec City in,Quebec Privince  to Vancouver on the west coast.

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Posted by Electroliner 1935 on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:44 PM

When Amtrak had its ALL ABOARD AMERICA fare, I took a circle trip from Chicago-New York City, Philadelphia - Atlantic City, off train overnight in Philadelphia (1st break), to Miami, overnight in Miami, Sunset Limited to L.A. SanDiegan to San Diego. Overnight in San Diego (2nd break). San Diegan to L.A., Thruway bus to Bakersfield, San Joanquin to Stockton, Thruway bus to San Jose. 3rd trip break, and then via Portland to Chicago. The Sunset Limited at that time went all the way from Miami to L A. Fortunatly, I could break up the trip with some overnight stays and still comply with the three breaks in travel limit. I would think this would count as a Coast to Coast trip. 

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Posted by Enzoamps on Thursday, June 27, 2019 3:26 AM

Even when I was a kid (I am in my 70s), the USA was more or less two places.  Ads for products said "prices higher in the west" or "not available on the west coast".  Companies sometimes limited their scope of operations to east or west.  150 years ago it was even more like that.  There was east of the Mississippi, and there was the west coast.  So the idea of transcontinental meant linking the east and west halves of the country, not literally shore to shore on one railroad.  Modern parlance has a different sense.

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