As a publicity stunt, the express train called the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, California, via the first transcontinental railroad on 4 June 1876, only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City. The feat was reported widely in U.S. newspapers. We celebrate this feat of engineering with an AI image of a transcontinental train arriving in San Francisco …
June 4
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