US Railroad Linked East And West In 1869. 😀😂😍🥰🛤🛣🚂🚃🚞🚈🚆🚇

The recording has started. Well now, always remember, Super Dave Bistula, the tall, white, gothic, vampire, alien, coming to you from Tim Hortons, the one on Curie-LaBelle and Carrefour, you know, the one with I.G. the Extra and Banque Nationale du Canada, or National Bank of Canada, on the other corner. You also have, crossing Carrefour, is Adonis, with that big strip mall. Crossing LaBelle is Sofra Kebab, which used to be Andy's Wacky, and perpendicular to us is another Couchetard. Here in the area of Chamonix-LaBelle, Super Dave Bistula of the same Chamonix-LaBelle-Quebec-Canada. So, here's a bit of a, it seems to me that we have a bit of a history lesson about railroads, one of the U.S. that is, how the East and the West have joined together. That's a good story. They were choo-choo-choo-choo-chooing away. Well, the reason why we're doing this story is because my digital host, David, well, he's fascinated with trains. Choo-choo-choo-choo-choo-choo. Well, and probably he's going to, he's probably going to, what's it called again, maybe he's going to put the picture of the, of that, whoops, put the picture of the, of that cover story onto his social media at some point in time. And plus on top of that, a few Snapchat pictures here and there of himself being the train, or is on the train, or driving the train. Choo-choo-choo, David, take over. Choo-choo. Yeah, you're right, Super Dave. You're absolutely correct. I was always fascinated by trains. And I like those train sets, too. Anyways, this is a different topic altogether. From my usual, like, rants about politics or whatever. And my rants about that ******* faggot Justin Trudeau. Remember when I said, remember what I said? Faggot, not gay. You could be as effeminate as possible, and I still wouldn't call you a faggot. Unless you were some sort of stupid social justice warrior. But anyways, this is not the subject of today. Today is about, as Super Dave Vistula said, it's how the West and East of the United States finally joined together. But the only sad thing is that for a while, the train stations near the harbor went out because they built some new lines or something. But anyways, you'll see as we read along. As usual, I'll reduce myself to a little blip and read from WTOP News. A new website or something like that. Who knows. Anyways, so here goes nothing. So, menu, camera, hi there. Alright, so, that's going to refresh. WTOP News. America, 250. Iconic 1869 photo marks a moment. U.S. railroads linked East and West. So, by Dan Ronen. March 25, 2026, 129 PM. Alright, as the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents 250 Years of America. A multiport series examining the innovations, breakthroughs, and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation since 1976. Oops, 1776. Start reading carefully, Dave. AAR is proud to partner with WTOP News to bring you this series. The photo is one of the most iconic in American history. It was taken May 10, 1869. A Promontory Summit, Utah. Two locomotives, one pointing East, the other West. Touch, and America has changed forever. I guess he joins the two railroad tracks together. Two railroad workers stand in front of the locomotives, extending their hands. A golden spike is driven into the hard ground at what became known as the Golden Spike Ceremony. A nearby telegraph operator typed one word, DONE, to notify the world. President Abraham Lincoln supported the railroad by signing the 1862 Pacific Railroad Act, which funded the project using state and U.S. government subsidy bonds, as well as the company's issued mortgage bonds. I'm just going to pause to note that this is why I'm pissed off with Justin Trudeau. He takes off John A. Macdonald off the, I think it's the five, no, it's the $10 bill. ------- idiot. John A. Macdonald is the one who pushed for the railroads to be joined together for Canada. But not this ******* idiot, Justin Trudeau. Anyways, you know why I hate Justin, you stupid ass little faggot. And at the same time, I don't like this Mark Carney either. I just don't know if the Conservatives are any better anymore. Anyways, but I'm digressing. Let's read some more about this. Just four years after the end of the Civil War, the reunited nation was now linked from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Engineer Theodore Dohan Judah surveyed the route and identified the donor pass route through the difficult Sierra Nevada mountains. It's estimated that 90% of the Central Pacific's workforce was Chinese immigrants, while the Union Pacific relied heavily on Irish laborers and Civil War veterans. So, I'm just going to add, those stupid people who are saying, Go **** yourselves. **** yourselves, Black Lives Matter. You bunch of ******* liars. Even black people are starting to realize the truth. Now, were there black people that built the railway? Free ones did. Those who were willing to work. And I'm pretty sure they were willing to work. Anyways, the 1.911 mile rail line, built between 1863 and 1869, connected the existing eastern U.S. network, Pacific network, starting in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with rails that began in San Francisco. And San Francisco, I think, has trams going, I think. I could be wrong. I have to look at the pictures of San Francisco, past and present. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built 132 miles of tracks from the road's western terminus at Alameda, Oakland, to Sacramento, California. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California constructed 690 miles of track east from Sacramento to Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. Hmm. Very interesting. The Union Pacific built 1,085 miles of track from the road's eastern terminus at the Missouri River Settlement of the Council Bluffs and Omaha, Nebraska, westward to Promontory Summit. That's a long track. But then again, it had to be built. We live in a country that was built on railroads. David Elf, a railroad historian, said, Promontory Point lives large in the symbolism of American western expansion. Interesting. Before the railroads expanded, moving goods was a slow process. The Panama Canal had not been built, which means to ship goods, west companies had to move sale around Cape Horn, around Cape Horn, at the southernmost tip of South America. Oh, boy. Or move goods by slow wagon trail. Oh, Jesus. You can imagine how that was. And that was risky, too. Going on ship is actually risky as well. Anyways. For the first time, the cross-country railroad system made it more economical to ship food, raw material, and manufactured goods across the continent. Same thing here in Canada. Which is why I'm appalled. Which is why I'm very appalled at Justin Trudeau's decision to take John A. MacDonald off the Canadian dollar. ------- idiot. Put some unknown black woman there. I said, **** you. Not that I have anything against black. Black or black women. But who the **** was that woman? Anyways. Commodities associated with the western states and territories such as minerals, grain, and timber could be moved from coast to coast in just days. That's true. The railroad made it possible to create industrial supply chains. Not just passenger travel. It became the nation's engine of commerce. Today, railroad exchanges with ports in Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Oakland are some of the most important logistical nodes in the world, Alf said. According to the Smithsonian Institute... Smithsonian? By the late 1800s, rail freight volumes easily eclipsed anything wagons or canals could handle over long distances. That's true. With the railroad's completion, a trip across the nation that once took six dangerous months on horseback or wagon now took eight days from New York City to San Francisco. I think this is before cars ever came into existence. Unless, of course, you're talking about the Tartarian Empire, which is another thing altogether. But anyways. The rail line was used extensively for passenger traffic until 1904. And freight continued until 1942. Yeah, here's where the sad part comes in. The line was abandoned because of high operating costs and after, new double-track lines were built. The old steel rails that brought the East and the West together were recycled and used for war effort in World War II. Oh, okay. Yeah, breaking news. Time for free... No. We won't read that story. I guess we'll just close this. Now I'm going to take off my glasses. Come on, close. Okay, we'll close this. There we go. Come on, close already. And we bring ourselves back. There you have it in a nutshell. The nation was built on railroad. Basically, you could say it was run more efficiently on railroad tracks. What can I say? I guess Abraham Lincoln had a pretty good idea. Too bad the guy was shot. But he was shot by stupid-ass Democrats who were jealous of what he did. And also the fact that he won the Civil War. He did some very good things. Anyways, that's it. Super Dave. And conclude. And close it off. That's right. Abraham Lincoln did do a lot for the United States. Just like John A. MacDonald did for Canada. Same idea. Then again, of course, now, CN and the West Pacific they joined their rail lines together somehow. But, I don't know. At any rate, it's good to see that it was kind of sad to hear that part of that rail line was closed off because of other new stuff. New lines coming in. But I guess it's good that they revived it in World War II. Even though we don't like war all that much. But sometimes it's a necessary thing. Unfortunately. Anyways. So, that's it. I'm now gonna bid you adieu, au revoir, adios, hasta mañana, hasta luego, arrivederci, shalom, salamaliko, sayonara, dozvidanya, au revoir, yasas, parevces, goodbye. Also, merci beaucoup, muchas gracias, molti, mucho, grazie, tu da raba, shukria, shukran, xie xie, spasiba, dankashen, et karisto poli, shachon ragalem, and choo choo. This is a very interesting subject. And as we said, we're gonna probably put a picture of the train, of the two trains with a crowd of people onto my, on our social media. On Facebook it's gonna be under vintage Montreal and beyond. But, we're gonna try to see about the history of CN, CN trains. Anyways, that's it. Anyways, so, for now, the only thing to say is choo choo and thank you very much.