Transcontinental Railroad
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A railway that spans an entire continent, with the most famous example being the US First Transcontinental Railroad completed in 1869 at Promontory Summit, Utah. Other transcontinental lines include Canada's Canadian Pacific Railway (1885), Russia's Trans-Siberian, Australia's Indian Pacific, and various proposed African transcontinental corridors.
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