Please List 6 Problems In Building The Transcontinental Railroad?
labor, acquiring, housing, and feeding workers
materials, keeping the work gangs supplied
weather, storms, freezing weather, snow, floods, etc
geography, mountains, rivers, canyons, to go over or around
land acquisition, not everyone wanted to sell land, and many that did wanted unrealistic prices, just like today
hostile natives, frequent attacks on crews
hostile animals, buffalo, bears, snakes etc
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September 18th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Terrain. Mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers etc. A test for the skills of the civil engineers.
Supply logistics which get more difficult the deeper you penetrate into territory.
Personnel, keeping large numbers of labourers fed, sheltered, etc.
Hostility and possible sabotage from people whose land the railroad passes through.
Unforeseen problems like floods, tornados and other extreme weather.
Safety problems, storage and use of dynamite needed for blasting cuttings, danger of rock falls, etc.
Costing. Always a danger that big projects are going to run over budget.
September 18th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Well the Central Pacific Railroad was in the Sierras they had a hard in with cutting and blasting through the mountain rock and they were bogged down by snow, and they had to get rails, locomotives, and other rolling stock from the east. On the Union Pacific that was no problem, but when they got to the plains, it was hard to get wood for ties, and they were losing men in the towns, also indian raids happened without warning and they had to have help from the army. Hope this all helps.
September 18th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Biggest problem: The Sierra Nevada Mountains. In particular getting through Donner and Emigrant Passes and through the Truckee River canyon. Compared to that, the rest was a piece of cake.
If you found five other problems equal to that, my hat is off to you.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:55 am
1. frist is getting the land
2. money to pay the men
3.all the rail ties stone
4.equiment
5,time lines
6. weather
September 19th, 2009 at 8:03 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontin…
September 19th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
This is your homework, isn’t it? Try google.