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KUDOS
Thank you for writing and for all the wonderful and kind words telling
us what you liked best about the CPRR Museum!
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Kudos.
My daughter has been doing research on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Looking over her shoulder and just perusing the your site on my own, I
have been so impressed by the quality of your website. It's interesting,
it's easy to use, nicely designed, updated frequently,
and extremely comprehensive. I am also impressed that when my daughter
sent a question to your FAQ page, it was promptly
answered and posted. I've looked at numerous sites in the course of my
own work as a writer and yours surpasses most of the ones I've visited.
Keep up the good work!
"MPMInk"
Wonderful site ... I am deeply impressed by what you're doing
with your website. ... You've really performed a feat of magic
on your site. ... I am publishing a book on the first transcontinental
railroad,
EMPIRE
EXPRESS ... There is an enormous amount of new information
on the CPRR in it, taken principally from the heretofore underscrutinized
Huntington correspondence at Syracuse
University. The big five come alive as never before, in their
own words, especially E. B. Crocker. I also used a lot of contemporary
newspaper/magazine accounts. The flavor of the period is really there.
You and your wife should be proud of her family connection. Clement,
even more than Montague, was really out there.
I liked seeing [Lewis M.
Clement's] picture, finally connecting a face with a well-known character.
Congratulations. ... Your family website is, in my estimation, the
best RR website on the planet, and I tell anyone who's interested.
...
David
H. Bain
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum — First of the
"Transportation Libraries and Museums to Explore." ... A terrific on-line
library of pictures, maps, and descriptions of the first transcontinental
railroad.
U.S.
Department of Transportation
Suggested Web sites for research ... Click
on "History" for a fabulous array of primary
source material directly relevant to this project. Look especially at the
travel
accounts. Click on "Chinese."
PBS - The
West - Transcontinental
Railroad - Lesson
Plans
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Congratulations! Your web-site has been reviewed and chosen to
bear the prestigious "2000-2001 Golden Web Award"
... a design, originality and content award ... in recognition of creativity,
integrity and excellence on the Web.
International Association
of Web Masters & Designers |
Transcontinental Railroad History Sites
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ON LINE RAILROAD MUSEUM
This site has something for everyone, from
children
looking for information for a school report
to academics interested in exacting detail. Filled with photographs,
recommended readings and an electronic
archive of stories from the era, the CPRR site offers a wonderful means
of understanding the construction
of the railroad from California to Utah.
Promontory,
online companion to the KUED documentary
... your website ... is absolutely fantastic! It's been such an amazing resource
for me ... with the incredibly rich history of the railroad construction. I'm
particularly delighted to find such a fantastic source with all the photographs,
stereoviews and plates all in one place to view. They are spectacular, and ...
a vital resource to work out what things actually looked like. ... it really is
the most fantastic site! It is by far the best resource and research tool I have
found ... to learn about the building of the railroad. It's quite an incredible
collection — I have been raving about it to my archive researcher, and the
photos and stereographs really help me build up a picture of what it might have
been like at the time.
Alison Draper, BBC
Scan the massive amounts of primary source material compiled by this online
museum dedicated to the transcontinental railroad's construction.
PBS - The American Experience, Transcontinental Railroad
Great Site. An absolutely wonderful site redolent of the excitement of the pioneering
days of the Railroad with the added bonuses of Currier & Ives prints, Walt
Whitman poems and lists of books. Thank you, this is good for weeks of
absorbing browsing and interesting history both written and visual.
Congratulations and many thanks.
V. Narayan Swami
Incredible, awesome, stupendous ... keep up the good work.
Wallace Claitty
Central Pacific Railroad: Photographic History Museum
Resource on the construction of the first American transcontinental rail line in the 19th century, supported with an extensive image gallery comprising of stereographs, engravings, maps, and photographs. Provides articles on railroad and postal transport and the photography of the time. Also includes images and notes on related collectibles such as stamps and letters, and features a list of readings and links.
Lewis Metzler Clement
Biographical details on this pioneer and engineer of the first American transcontinental
rail line built by the Central Pacific Railroad.
Encyclopaedia
Britannica, 2004
Central Pacific Railroad Online Content
Wow! Your web site is AWESOME!
We are planning a trip west, to follow as much as we can, the route of the Transcontinental RR.
Is there a physical museum we can visit
to see some of these photos and artifacts?
If so, where?
Joe DeMarinis
(engineer)
I love your website and find it complementary to mine, because of all the wonderful images.
David Parker, Digital Camera HQ
... one of the best historical sites
on the Web.
Dennis Hogan, Railroad.net - Ferroequinarcheology
Forum
Thank you very much! Your website helped my daughter tremendously with her project!
Julie Pate
Lucy Stover and her award winning quilt project.
Courtesy Claire Stover.
I thought you might like to see the results of my daughter's quilt project - which used as a pattern an image
you allowed us to use from the CPRR Web site. Not only did she get
a good history grade, but the quilt and her report won a ribbon at the school
district History Fair.
Thanks again for your help,
Claire Stover (and daughter Lucy), Ontario, CA
A great archive site illustrating the history of the first transcontinental
railroad.
The Railfan Network
Thanks for all you do! ... You are wonderful!
Katie Wetzel, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon
Very large and impressive site dedicated to the Central Pacific Railroad. It
contains much more than just photographs! This site has an amazing amount of
information on the Central Pacific Railroad!
Peter J. McClosky's Southern Pacific Railroad Web Resources
Lycos
Network most popular "transcontinental railroad" Web Site.
Direct
Hit most popular "transcontinental railroad" Web Site.
Thanks ... this was so easy to find and it
had enough info. for 500 people to do homework
"Pups16"
Congratulations to Grant Burkhardt and Derek Brouwer of Peters Township Middle
School, McMurray, PA, for winning bronze medals and a $250 check
in the 2004 National
History Day competition for their "Coupling a Nation: The Transcontinental
Railroad" project which included content from
the Central
Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum. The
Washington Observer Reporter – Washington,
Pennsylvania newspaper reports on July 21, 2004
that
they "placed
third last month at College Park, Md.
The nearly 6-foot tall display was produced through 'exhaustive primary source
research, which included 19th century government documents, as well as diaries,
speeches, letters, telegram and newspaper articles form the 1860s and 1870s,'
said Vaughn Dailey, social studies teacher at Peters Township Middle School,
where
the pair recently completed eighth grade.
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Before competing on the national level, the boys earned first place at the regional
competition in Pittsburgh and second place in the statewide contest at Penn
State University.
...
Dailey, faculty adviser for the many Peters Township students who participated
in History Day competition at various levels, said more than 700,000 students
nationwide prepared historical papers, exhibits, documentaries or performances
pertaining to the theme of this year's competition 'Exploration, Encounter,
Exchange in History.'"
CPRR.org
Thanks – it was very exciting to win! We would like to ship the exhibit to
the National Park site in
Utah where the golden spike was driven in to complete
the transcontinental railroad. It's going to be on display at our school this
fall. It's a wonderful story to share.
Derek Brouwer and Grant Burkhardt
Hi, I am a 6th grade student doing a school project on the
Transcontinental Railroad. You have lots of great pictures under
your Homework Page. ...
Thank you for finding the picture for me and for all of you help. You have
been very nice. And thank you for the other picture ideas in your other
email.
C.V.T.
i am a young girl in school doing a project looking for information and all of it is from this sight so i just wanted to say thank you because you gave me an A
I am in seventh grade ... I'm doing a History
Day Paper on the First
Transcontinental Railroad. If you could please, I would like
you to send me any information on this topic. Any information
would be very helpful, Thank you for your time and effort.
Re: I've got less than 7 days to finish my assignment!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi!
I'm doing the history fair project in the junior division on the Chinese
and the Transcontinental Railroad and I don't have enough sources, and I
can't find any more info on the subject than
I already have. The fair is in 7
days and I need help ... BAD! ... HELP ME QUICK PLEASE! ... If you
could
really help me you'd be greatly appreciated,
thank you! ...
I REALLY appreciate this alot and thank you TONS! ...
I am so glad I can actually have a website that I can get answers to my questions ...
you
guys rock!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!
R.D.A.T.
Well, you see, all I need is info on the Transcontinental Railroad
and the people who built it for a thing that I and 2 others are doing in
Social Studies. We are making a cartoon movie thingy. I dont need
any pictures I just wanted the info on the
workers. Thank you for your time.
I want to use all of your pictures for homework and i need them by tomorrow. But
i know i shouldnt hold my breath for you to approve this in time. [Actually
we
did provide the pictures he needed with time to spare!]
"Monkeyhead"
what is a transcontinental railroad and what
is it made of?
I am not sure which pictures I want to use because I need this for a History project
and I may need probably 4 pictures from this
sight. Thankyou very much.
Im have to find [homework] pictures of the
transcontiental railroads the routes it was built which railroad was which and
what states the
railroad went through
"classof2003"
I just need the information for my home work. please let me use it. This is errgent!
i would like permission to copy
all your pictures.i need them for a school project due wed.
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 Minitrain's
Train Site Award of Excellence 2002
CONGRATULATIONS!! We have reviewed your site, and believe it deserves
the Minitrains Award 2002. It has been decided that your site deserves
4 stars. ... your website will be added to the list of winners 2002.
Thank you & Congratulations,
Marc Humphreys, Minitrains
webmaster |
Great web site ...
Your site represents the very best of what the internet can be.
The clearly organized information coupled with a wealth of wonderful photographs
can only help to keep alive the remarkable achievement that the workers
and directors of the Central Pacific played in our nation's history.
A life long resident of our East coast, I may never visit the sites firsthand,
but your "virtual" tour is just amazing.
David Huggins, Ballston Lake, NY
Dear CPRR,
... Last year, I taught the interactive RR game to
the 4th grade class at St. Raphael School
in San Rafael, CA ... They loved it!
... I would like to
use the game to teach again this year ...
Last year I developed some additional materials to go with the game ... I am
attaching a math
sheet I put together to use with the game ... I also
developed some questions
to go with each class we did so the kids wouldn't just speed through the web
pages. ...
Finally, the kids from last year wrote thank you notes to you for letting them
use the site. I would really like to send those, along with a $100 donation
for this fantastic site. ...
Our school really loves this site, and the parents have raved about how much
their kids enjoy it. We also have one parent who works at the San Francisco
cable car, and brought in ties, a rail section, maul and spikes so the kids
really get a feel for what back-breaking work building the railroad was.
Thanks again for making the whole lesson possible!
... Thanks for doing this ...
We finished the railroad project today and the kids had loads of fun once
again. We finished off with the skit
for the last spike ceremony. ... I have
the ghosts of Judah and Lincoln having a say in this. I debated about having
their wives speak instead ....
Thank you again for letting us use the site. ...
Keep up the good work!
Jeanmarie Alo
[P.S.] ... I've also sent you the questions
I used for 2 days of the project.
... please feel free to use them! Another activity we did was to have the kids
pretend they had a friend working on the other team and write their friend
a letter about the hardships and events their team experienced. For the last
day of the project, I wrote a skit for the golden spike ceremony ... I'm happy
to share it with you ... Thank you again for letting us use this wonderful
site!
... Here ... are the thank you letters from last year's 4th grade class:
April 10, 2002
To the Central Pacific Railroad Museum,
- Thank you for letting us use the computer
program. It was exciting! I learned
a lot about the railroad. I was on the Central Pacific team. Sincerely, —J.A.,
4th grade, St. Raphael School
- Thank you for helping us with our progect. Maybe you can help us again
next year with the Amazon
Trail. Sincerely, —J.P.T
- Thank you for letting us use the Transcontinental Railroad website. I really
liked that website. I liked it so much I went past the areas we were not
supposed to pass. I really enjoyed learning about it. It was great. Sincerely,
—J.B.
- Thank you for allowing us to use you railroad program to learn about the
railroad. The program was fun. We had fun and learned. Sincerely, —J.K.,
grade four
- Thank you for letting us use your computer game. I think it was realy fun.
I think you guys did not have enouf information on when Greenvill Dodge
got kidnapped. Sincerely, —J.G.
- Thank you for letting us use your game to do our railroad project. You
made it easier to learn about the railroad and how it came to be. Thanks
Again. —P.M.Q.
- Thank you for letting us use your computer program for our education. I
really liked how we kind of didn't know what was going to happen. Sincerely,
—D.O., 4th Grade
- Thank you for letting us (Saint Raphael School) use your website. It was
fun and educational. I like your site. Sincerely, —C.V., grade 4
- I bet you must have taken lots and lots of time to allow us to use your
computer game to learn about the Railroad. I like the number picking game
on the computer. I found many thing out that I didn't know. From, —J.T.
- Thank you for the computer program. It was fun. I learned alot from it.
I learned it was not a easy job for the workers. Sincerely, —M.O.
- Thank you for making the computer program and letting us use it to play
and letting us get real railroad spikes after. I liked the game. It was fun
to anwser questions and be two companies. Sincerely, —D.
- Thank you for letting our class use the transcontinetal railroad game.
It was cool. I enjoyed it. I learned a lot. From, —K.K., age:10 4th Grade,
St. Raphael School
- Thank you for researching the railroad. I learned about transcontinental
trains. From, —G.
- Thank you for letting us use your program. It was very very hard but fun.
It was also educational because it taught us some history and helped my history
grade. from, —B. in the 4th grade
- Thank you for letting us play the computer program. It was fun working
on the transcontinetal railroad. I liked it a lot. It was fun. from, —B.C.,
4th grade
- Thank you for letting us use your computer program for our railroad project.
I thought the there were to many paragraphs but they were full of interesting
information. My favorite parts was picking numbers to determine what will
happen. Sincerely, —C.H.
- Thank you for letting us use your computer program. It was fun learning
about the transcontinental railroad. Sincerely, —A.F.
- Thanks for letting us use your computer program and to let us know about
the Transcontinental Rail Road. Signed, —R.
- Thank you for your computer program to learn about the transcontinental
railroad. Sincerely, —G.
My son is in 4th grade ... He chose the Building of the CPRR across the Sierras
as his final project, since we often drive past all the snowsheds going to Lake
Tahoe several times a year and have seen the RR exhibit at the museum at Donner
Pass Park. He has to write a 3 page paper, do an oral report, and is building
a small model of the mountains, a tunnel, and a snowshed.
... your site is great!
Jill Erickson
Thank you so much for the tips!
Benjamin
Site du Jour of the Day February 11, 2002
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History
Museum
Turning a journey of six months into one that lasted a mere six days
must have changed the world. On May 10, 1869 the Central Pacific Railroad
and the Union Pacific Railroad connected not far from the Great Salt Lake
at Promontory Summit, Utah changing forever the distance between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. Much has been written about the events leading up to
that day, with construction of the lines and the business aspect of crossing
the continent. The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
looks at the history of the Central Pacific Railroad through eyewitness
accounts, thousands of photographs, and even outside pointers to things
like the Transcontinental
Railroad Lesson Plans from The West Film Project and PBS. A fascinating
site.
Edward J. Pelegrino, Visit
the Site du Jour of the Day Archives
The Great Railroad Race Game... This is a fabulous resource ... !
Linda
Weaver, Riding
The Rails! An Adventure on the Transcontinental Railroad designed for
third graders
My 5th grade class is working on a westward expansion project and these images will make it all the more real to them.
Thank you.
Deborah Cheney
Compliments: You have one of the best web sites I've seen. Very comprehensive and interesting. I know this took a lot of effort. Congratulations!
John Hauck
... I LOVE your web site and have learned so much from reading all
of your materials on the web.
Katie Wetzel, Recreation Planner, Medford District, Bureau of Land Management,
United States Department of the Interior
... Thanks very much for supervising this highly
informative [discussion group].
Glenn Willumson
I think your site is the most professional and educational I've seen, including what is available here in Omaha. ...
Richard L. Baumer
Your CPRR website is most comprehensive and very educational. There are so many Jackson, Russell and Savage stereo views that interest me and the documentary information is invaluable. ... Thank you for all your work in creating such a wonderful website. I use it quite frequently and find it most useful. Your work is a great success!!!!!
Susan Williams, former Curator, Oakland Museum
... highly recommended that CPRR.org is a great source on the history for the
role of Chinese labors in the Central Pacific Railroad construction, and very
happy to know that you contain a great deal of detail contents, photos and pictures
reflecting the history of Chinese labors’ work and life in building the Central
Pacific Railroad. ... Thank you very much ... The images are so
great ... really appreciate your
kind help.
Tiantian Qin, Editor, China Intercontinental Press, Beijing, China
Wow! What a spectacularly thorough and beautiful site!
I can't think of anything that even comes close in breadth, depth, completeness,
scholarship ... I can see it will take many return visits even to begin
to comprehend & explore it, and I will be happy to make them.
... gorgeous project ...
Steve Delibert, President, Ulster
and Delaware Railroad Historical Society
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It was with great pleasure that I found your site. Train travel
has always been my favorite way to go. I have traveled the rails
both here in the US and in Europe.
Last year I made an art piece relating to trains.
It is called "The Song of the Train." [see photo] ...
Keep up the great work on the best train site
on the net.
Wyman
Brent |
WOW! What a fabulous web site you have put together! I
am blown away. I am just now reading David
Bain's incredible book, "Empire Express." ... It's just like being
there. My interest in the CPRR is that my grandmother was Ada West,
and her grandfather was Chauncey
W. West. He was the Mormon
Bishop whom Brigham Young asked to handle the construction of the CPRR
through western Utah. Thanks again for a terrific web site. ...
Ted
Steele, St. Louis, Mo.
... great site. ... What a gold mine ...
Carter
Pawlus
This award-winning site, from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History
Museum, tells the story of the Central Pacific Railroad with photographs and colorful
period illustrations. Brief captions and explanatory notes accompany the photos.
Since the site is extensive, you may want to preview it and then guide students
to specific photos and links.
MacMillan/McGraw
Hill Social Studies
We love this website.
Ivy Simoff
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
A documentary and photographic history of the building of the transcontinental railroad, this online museum pays particular attention to the contributions of Chinese
Americans during the construction of this watershed transportation system.
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience, Bill Moyers, PBS
I would like to complement you on your website. The comprehensive
historical record of Chinese Immigrants in American history was
profound. Thank you. ... I [was] fortunate to work with Aki Aleong, on the movie Chinaman's Chance ... as ... Art Director.
I enjoyed your site.
I studied it for months. It was a great source of knowledge and
historical facts.
Dusty Webb
I LOVE your site. I LOVE the old photos! and the ads. They are GREAT!
Melita V Podesta, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Thanks for your efforts to preserve this significant part of American infrastructure history.
Eliot A. Keller
... fantastic source of early CP/SP photos and maps
SP Pages Website
... very impressive website ... I enjoyed seeing President
Lincoln's signature and the handwriting on the 1862 [Pacific Railroad] act.
Jan Buckner
... The museum's collection is great! I've been reading it for years. ...
Darwin Roberts
We ... were enormously impressed with the depth, variety, and resources you have included in this website. What a fabulous resource! Thanks to all of those who have contributed to such a wonderful historic resource; the librarians here have enjoyed this ...
Salem Public Library Reference Staff
... The CPRR website looks great. ...
Dale Nielson
This is a wonderful site!
Thank you so much for putting this all together. I could spend days pouring through all the excellent articles, and especially the fascinating pictures. It would be nice to be able to download the pictures, but I understand the legalese involved. I am a college student in Oregon, and would someday like to reinvigorate the American passenger rail network. Our government spends billions every year bailing out the airlines while our passenger rail system is rusting away. With the right amount of investment money I believe one could reap enormous profits on high-speed passenger rail service. Thanks again for an excellent site, I have truly enjoyed it!
Chris Sherland
... I love your virtual museum. It is very informative, to say the least. ...
Terry Graf
This is the most outstanding web site I have ever visited been on the internet
since it first started. ... I would like to support your efforts in continuing
this wonderful web site. ... Please keep up the good work and I will send others to your web site. Thanks.
Michael
Great Site! ... Just dropping a note to say great site ... lots of wonderful info. Excellent work. ...
Mike Devlin
Wanted to thank you so much for the photos, I got an A on the poster ... for
a college presentation on Chinese railroad workers. ... Thank you for your wonderful web site.
Shannon Bogart
Thank you for providing such a wonderful website with an enormous amount
of information about the CPRR. My husband and I have been doing research
on
the on Pullman sleeping
cars and I appreciated being able to read about some
the history which you have provided. My husband, Roy Koch, has acquired
some marquetry
wood panels from the old
Pullman sleeping cars. These came
to him by way of his grandfather Koch who was the owner of the Koch Brothers
Foundry in Harvey, Illinois and turned (machined) the wheels for the
railroads.
I have attached a picture of one of the wood panels. ...
Rosemary Koch
Pullman Sleeping Car Wooden Door Marquetry Panel, c. 1880.
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This incredibly comprehensive collection of visual and print resources
focuses on the Central Pacific. Included are 19th Century newspaper
and magazine articles, stereograph
pictures, chromolithographs, first-person
accounts, and much, much more. You can view the history of the railroad
in stamps, see original railroad pictorial
guidebooks,
read an 1884 railroad construction manual, or learn about the general history
of photography during that era. This
thorough site is a must-see for anyone studying any aspect of early railroad
history.
Searchopolis Education Resource Center
Your site is so resourceful! ... We are linking to your
Web site from a site we are constructing [for the] ... "PROMONTORY"
documentary, produced by Ken Verdoia.
Joey Marquart
KUED, Utah Public Television
[University of Utah]
You have a wonderful website! ...
Diane Wilson
... You have an excellent site that has made our research [for] the
exhibit
much easier. ... Thanks again,
Bonnie Walstrom for the Franklin
Institute
After reading Stephen Ambrose's book
and having just purchased David Bain's, I found your site. Incredible!
Thank you for all the work, I look forward to exploring it in the coming
weeks.
Russel Hopper
A great page!
Loren, California History
Oh my gosh!!!!! This is terrific! ... marvelous site ...
fantastic online resources ... will make this classroom learning experience
so much richer for teachers and students ... collaborative opportunity.
Leni
Donlan, American
Memory Project, NDLP, Library of Congress
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Congratulations! Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History
Museum has qualified to display the Geography World Gold Award.
I really enjoyed the Maps section.
You have obviously spent a great deal of time working on this site.
It is quite impressive. Keep up the good work and I wish you the
best on your Website efforts.
Brad Bowerman
GEOGRAPHY
WORLD |
"AWESOME"
This is an interesting and well-designed web museum of the Central
Pacific Railroad. It has pictures and
description
of the building process, biographies of
the owners, a timeline, news articles and
much more. This is a wonderful site ...
Schools of California
Online Resources for Education (SCORE)
Connecting California's Classrooms to the World
SCORE rates the CPRR Museum:
Your site has been a tremendous help to me in researching ... views.
Michael Croke, Poor Warren's Antiques
Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Building a railroad across mountain ranges was an enormous feat of engineering.
The engineer who masterminded the first transcontinental railroad, joining the
rails of the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific Railroad, was Lewis Metzler
Clement. The biography of Clement discusses the blasting and tunneling through mountains, his invention for bending railroad ties, his design for sleeper cars, and the first electric control system for railroads. In addition to stereographs
and other photos, the online museum offers several exhibits
of railroad maps, engravings, and other historic
documents. A special collection covers the Chinese-American
contribution to the Transcontinental Railroad. A Chinese crew was chosen to lay the final ten
miles of track and was completed in 12 hours.
PBS TeacherSource, Recommended Web Sites
I can not thank you enough, I am thrilled to see [our family's story about the
first through train of the transcontinental
railroad] on your site. My Aunt Ida had sense of history and what they did
and I am proud to share their story. Thank you.
Sheila McCloud
... thank you for allowing students to have access to this wonderful site. ...
Anthony
Thank you. What a magnificent
piece of Americana!
Larry Mullaly
... I always enjoy visiting you. ...
Kondo Kiyotaro, MD, Japan
... a premier online resource on the transcontinental railroad ...
The Writing Company
Chinese-American History:
Chinese-American contribution to Transcontinental Railroad.
An interesting look at Chinese labor in building the railroad with photographs
and lots of links to other sources. Presented by the Central Pacific Railroad
Photographic History Museum.
Highland Park Public Library
Recommended ... a marvelous compilation ...
Antique & 19th Century Cameras
What an outstanding site!!!!!!! ... I didn't know much about
railroads and railroading (and still don't) until I read Stephen
Ambrose's new book and then on to Bain's
1999 book. The story of the CP and UP is extraordinary, the people
fascinating, the task completed monumental! This site should be used
in every high school American History class. Some college graduates
could use it as well. Thanks again for producing a great site!
Joe Heater, Palatine, IL
What a fantastic website! I've already learnt a lot about CPRR and
its history ...
Nicole Grün
... very interesting! I got interested in the first [transcontinental] railroad from tonight's episode of INTO THE WEST on
TNT.
Marge Greene
"Best of the Web" ranks the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History
Museum as #1 in "Central Pacific Railroad" search engine placement on AOL,
Hotbot, Lycos, Excite, and MSN.
Winner
of the Stamp
Site of the Week Award.
Postal History of the First Transcontinental
Railroad
A site of the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.
The Pony Expresss still gets all the glamour - but it operated for a very
short time. The transcontinental railroad story is much more fascinating.
A site with lots of large illustrations so it is slow to load, but worth
the wait.
Garry Law
... great article ...
Fred Lamont
Cool!!
This was a really cool website & stuff!
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I really like when you make the stuff move and stuff and when the train
goes by!!!!!It's like I'm riding it!
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`Bobina
A ... great photographic history.
Bill Murray
A fantastic collection of historic railroad images from the American west.
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Fine Art Photography Galleries: The History of Photography
The family efforts and research during the past 15 years have been
amazing. Lots of information and historical
photos of railroad construction,
plus excellent maps and documents of the period. I highly recomend
this web site.
... Excellent Work ...
Lawrence K. Hersh, author
The Central Pacific Railroad
Across Nevada, 1868 & 1997: Photographic Comparatives
... many thanks for your speedy and gracious response ... my compliments
to the chefs at your excellent website.
Mark Leff, CNN Atlanta
Thank you very much! ... an interesting reading experience. Thanks for offering your further help.
Jakob Boersch
Thanks. Your site http://cprr.org
is the coolest website I've ever seen. The fact that I can sit here
in Pennsylvania and see what I read about in Stephen
Ambrose's, "Nothing Like It In The World" is just too cool!
Neil Sardiñas
Thank you! This was done very quickly and is beautiful work. I understand the difficulty of the project and want you to know how appreciative I am. ...
Phillip Thurtle, University of Washington
... First let me say what an outstanding website, simply awesome. I can not begin to imagine the time spent to put all this together. ...
Jerry Kirkegaard
Many thanks for putting these [transcontinental
railroad books] on-line! ...
John Mark Ockerbloom, University of Pennsylvania,
Editor, The
On-Line Books
I enjoyed your informative site! ...
Margriet Ruurs, writer, Oregon
... Your site is really great and extensive. ...
A Junior
A terrific on-line library of pictures, maps, and descriptions of the
first transcontinental railroad. ... Great website. We linked you
to our grades K to 5 section.
Russ, United States Department of Transportation.
Garrett
A. Morgan Transportation Wonderland
 |
Congratulations on your wonderful site.
... Congratulations! Your site was chosen among thousands of
web sites reviewed for The Busy Educator Award. ... You did a great job
on this site. Well done! ... pleased to award your site the Busy
Educator's Award.
Marjan Glavac
The Busy Educator's Guide To The World Wide Web |
This is a great site and I love it! It was so helpful for me
and my Transcontinental RR history paper. You all should feel very
proud for preserving history in such a grand manner.
David Brashler
-The youth of America that is obsessed with trains
Great CPRR site with lots of Alfred
Hart stereographs and other great images and information.
Stereoviews.com, from
"
...
the best antique photography links page on planet earth!"
Love your history on railroad. ... I wish I had all the knowledge that you have
with your history. ... Keep up the good work.
Robert Martin
I am a student in 7th grade and right now we are doing a project on the Transcontinental
Railroad. I discovered your site last nite and found a really impressive map.
... I found a bunch of wonderful pictures and maps that I am going to use on
my brochure ... It fits the requirement perfectly. Thank you so much your your
time! I really appreciate it, you have been very helpful!
Emily
Magnificent work! Thanks.
I just finished Stephen Ambrose's book: "Nothing like it in the world". Thought
I'd look online to see if there was anything I might find. Amazing. And, I
notice, that your work is relatively recent. It is exceptional. Someone really
should think about preserving the original line - it is such an important part
of our heritage. Also, now that the summit tunnel is no longer used, it really
should be returned to its 19c condition without the concrete snowsheds - making
it a living history museum in effect.
... incredible work on the CPRR ... the current
photos with
the topographical maps indicating locations ... We are ... enjoying the
information, pics, topo overlay, etc. - immensely. This site is truly an
incredible work! Many thanks for the wonderful enjoyment that your family
endeavor has provided to many other families!!
Ray Pronovost, Los Angeles, CA
... thank you for that superb CPRR website. You have done a LOT of work.
Carl Rodolf, Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society, Pacific Coast Chapter archivist and treasurer
What a wonderful site. One could spend hours looking through
the different segments.
Frank Yeamans
... Articles and exhibits with ... historic images including much
primary source material of interest to educators and historians are are
available to view online. There is also an elementary education simulation
game included on the CPRR Museum website designed for grade 4
and up. The Interactive Railroad Project/ elementary education simulation
game is located at: http://CPRR.org/Game
The Busy Educator's
Newsletter by
Marjan Glavac
You've got a great resource tool, keep up the good work.
John Williamson
... we promote Chinese American history and are a volunteer group. ... We really
want a wide audience to know about this important
history and the great website you have. ... Your CPRR website is amazing.
—Sandy Chan
... impressed with all of the history involved. Marvelous!!!
K.E. SMITH
... nice selection of online articles and
historic reports.
Academic Info
Best of History Resources Worldwide
Honest
Intellectual Inquiry: History
great website
Trndloose
Some great old photos and good information about the building of the
Transcontinental RR.
The Overland Trail:
Railroads West
The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum exhibits
stereoviews, engravings, maps,
and documents illustrating the history
of the first transcontinental railroad. Detailed discussion of the photographic
processes used to create the images are included. There is also dicussion
of the contribution of the Chinese workers who
helped build the railroad.
Author: CPRR.org (museum@CPRR.org)
Subjects:
Sciences
& Technology--Transportation--Trains
Arts
& Humanities--Fine Arts--Photography
Keywords: railroad; construction;
Chinese
The Internet Public Library,
Trains
Reference
A very nice site. ...
Ron
Kohlin, Ferroequinologist
(Ferroequinology is the study of iron
horses;-)
 |
"Net-Mom Approved"
slice o' pie — best sites for families on the Net!
I'm adding [the CPRR Museum] to ... my book ... The Internet
Kids & Family Yellow Pages ... Only the top sites make
it into this book as I am very picky! Congratulations!
Jean Armour Polly
Author, The Internet
Kids & Family Yellow Pages |
An awesome site. I actually have a stereo
viewer which enabled me to view some of the stereo photos. I
never thought a 19th century product would work on the web at the dawn
of the 21st century! May many a train/ history/ photography enthusiast
visit you, both in person and vicariously (like me) through the web.
Best wishes,
Kevin Mizner
Thank you for all the things you have done for me.
James Barkley
Thank you so much for your wonderful knowledge and advice. ... I had never given any thought to the railroad and our family history until I saw [my grandmother's railroad land deed] and started reading your website. I admire all those who have researched and taken the time to write your website. It must have taken years to recover such a long history spanned over miles and miles of country!
Kimber Ingle
I was just looking at your [BMLRR] historic photo pages
and was very impressed with the absolutely great information, drawings and photos you
present. Terrific!
Frank L. Carbalan
... all I can say is WOW! You certainly have done a lot of research on the B
& ML. ...
William Rogerson
... thanks for the narrative on the photos, you put alot of time and effort into restoration and I'm very greatful. Again thanks.
Joey Feero, Brooks Maine
... Very interesting website! Thank you for sharing that with us. ...
Helen and Peter Frusetta
This is a truly remarkable website, thank you for sharing
these wonderful photographs and histories of one of America's most outstanding
achievements. The building of the transcontinental railroad was simply a magnificent
accomplishment, a chapter in itself, in the building of a nation. This website
is a spectacular way to remind people of the blood, sweat, and tears needed to
accomplish this Herculean feat.
I haven't the vocabulary needed to express my thanks for letting me see this
museum on-line. Some people think your User Agreement is harsh. Too bad for them!
It doesn't take a three digit IQ to see the value and the cost of these exhibits.
I do not understand the mentality of those people. Do they expect to take home
exhibits from a real (as opposed to virtual) museum, like the Smithsonian Institute?
Why should this be any different.
.... As it is, I can visit whenever I like and if I desire to
share with a friend, all I need do is send them the URL ...
What could be simpler? That I can visit all the exhibits for free is a wonder
in itself; for that I am humbly grateful.
At the risk of being redundant, Thank You! ...
... you [are] due a great deal of respect, admiration, and gratitude for all
the
work and effort involved with assembling such a massive undertaking. It is
like, on a much smaller scale of course, the original building of that
railroad. ... I loved the stereo pictures! I'd
look at them and set my eyes such that I got both sides merged and into
focus, realizing the full stereoscopic view. Wow! Some of those picture were
taken by true photographic pioneering geniuses as well. They went where the
pictures were, even at the risk of great personal danger. I particularly
loved the one taken from the top of the locomotive cab, looking down on the
boiler and smokestack of the moving train. That was truly magnificent!
Aimé Watts
Wow, what a site ...
Rohn
... Terrific site.
Max Zimmer
First of all, I'd like to thank you for being so generous in displaying these
pictures. They really helped me find a sense of tradition in my culture as a
Chinese American in the United States.
I am a high school junior writing a research paper for my final. My research
topic concerns Chinese immigrant labor and underrepresentation in the 1850-70's. ...
However you also have a photo that is worth a lot to me. I found out that the
A.J. Russell Stereoview #539–"Chinese
at Laying Last Rail UPRR," may be
the
only photographic record of the Chinese role in the Last Rail ceremony. If
... my teacher can make
out the Chinese faces, I will be able to prove that the Chinese were in fact
working at the Last Rail Ceremony and in fact had been asked to leave
while taking "Meeting
of the Railroads." ... Thank you for making my junior year that
much
more
enjoyable.
C. S.
Wow! Thank
you. ... This is terrific help.
Mary Chen-Johnson, Tacoma Community College
... absolutely fascinating ... wanted to thank you for the depth and accuracy of your efforts. ... You have my admiration and appreciation.
Guy Daugherty
The Great Railroad Race Game
... This is a fabulous resource ...
Riding
The Rails!
An Adventure on the Transcontinental Railroad
designed for third graders by
LindaWeaver
... I am in the 7th Grade at High Point
Academy in Pasadena, California. My
friends and I are working on a group history research project. We have decided
to film a documentary on the Central Pacific Railroad that we will submit to
National History Day. ... I was cruising the internet and I saw your wonderful
site. ...
M.C.
Thanks for your quick and fantastic response. I'm really impressed. [You are] to be congratulated for a job well done!
Erma Olsen
Thank you all for your wonderful and detailed answers. They were just what
I needed. ...
Charlie Smith
... the CPPR Museum ...is the absolute best site on the Internet. ...
As a research
historian I was beside myself when I found your map
of the "Railroad along the Old Emigrant Road From Wadsworth, Nevada". This
was done in February of 1869 ... I am a member of various emigrant trail preservation
groups and this map is one of the most accurate I've seen in years,
and its value in accurately marking sections of trail is of immense historical
value. ... As you may recall, you gave me permission to use some of your Horn's
[1852 Emigrant Guide] information. ... "Emigrant Shadows" was released
last week [Sept., 2002]. Released on the same date was "The Emigrants Passed
This Way." That was a fun project also. Written by the late Dr. Everett
W. Harris, I had the pleasure of pouring over his notes and initial manuscript,
material
that the Harris family had found boxed and forgotten for decades. Included
were photographs and negatives. Dr. Harris studied the emigrant trails from the
1920s
through the 1970s, passing away in 1983. A consultant on this project, I also
compiled, organized and transcribed his notes and manuscript for publication.
Emigrant trails and iron rails are inter-married in the pages of history, so
I thought you would enjoy hearing that more pages linking us to the past have
now
been printed. The CPRR site is the best on the
Internet,
trust me! Everytime I visit, there is always something
new
and exciting! I always have a "rail good time." It keeps me "on
track." Keep up the outstanding work! ... your website ... is already the
best on the Internet ...
Robert Joe King
Thanks ... a wonderful website ...
Steven Steiert
... I loved the pictures on this website ...
Mandy Murawski, Austin Peay State University
... really wonderful site because of so much information. ...
P. Burean
... Thanks ... What a great website. I hope you always keep
this available. School kids should use a computer for this sort of information
and fun ... What a great note. I am so impressed by your response and efforts
to help me in my search ... Thanks so much for your help. I will pass along
the address of this site to my many RR colleagues and of your efforts to be
a source of help and inspiration. ...
William Buss
... I love your restoration [of] ... CDVs
of Early Locomotive Engineers.
Jody Sorenson
You have a WONDERFUL site ... thank you so much for all your work and dedication
in putting it together and maintaining it! ...
Joan Merriam, Nevada City, CA
Congratulations on your excellent ... wonderfully comprehensive ... web site,
which
I have explored with
great interest (especially the FAQ kindly
mentioning my book!).
... full of great information.
John Pitt,
author of the guide
book USA by Rail
CPRR
Photographic History Museum - In Memoriam
View an original copy of Leland
Stanford's memorial written to Theodore Judah.
From
LookSmart World - Theodore Judah
Chinese-American
Contribution to Transcontinental RR
Central Pacific Railroad museum
offers a collection that details the laborers' efforts. Also find references
and photographs.
From
LookSmart World - Chinese Laborers
Central
Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum
Discover the magnificent history
of the early railroads in America. Provides photographs and historical
references.
From
LookSmart World - Central Pacific Railroad History
History
of the Chinese in California
Report published by the Chinese
Historical Society looks at the contributions made by the Chinese to railroad
construction.
From
LookSmart World - Chinese Laborers
Central Pacific
Railroad Photographic History Museum
Peruse an exhibit of photographs
of the Central Pacific Railroad in the 1860s and link to numerous essays
and articles about the railroad.
From
LookSmart World - Museums of American West Photography
I like your site so much I've decided to feature [your Postal
History of the First Transcontinental Railroad] on my new front page.
...
A.
J. Ward, Encyclopedia of Stamps and Philatelic Links
Outstanding! ...
Dwane
Aldrich, Univ. Washington
... Thank you for your kindness.
...
I think it is wonderful that you can trace your ... family to such ... a historical
event as the building of the CPRR. My best wishes to you as you continue this
endeavor.
Vanessa Prouty
... congratulations on a magnificent site. This is a spectacular array
of transcontinental railroad photographs. You should be justly proud of
your efforts. ... Many thanks for all the information you and your associates
have provided regarding the possible identification of the individual depicted
in the Bradley & Rulofson Carte
de Visite. ... Congratulations again on a wonderful web site.
Cliff
Krainik, Warrenton, Virginia
The [previous] comment [by Cliff Krainik] about how great your website
is, is understated.
Donald
D. Snoddy, Historian, Union Pacific Railroad
Museum
Director, Union Pacific Museum Collection
 |
CPRR Museum, winner of the "Critical Mass Award".
Congratulations!! ... A very nice site, excellent design, tasteful
original graphics, great photos, and you provide your visitors with content
that is informative, entertaining, presented well and easy to access. A
worthy tribute and a positive contribution to the Web. Thanks for
helping make the Web a more interesting, educational and attractive place
to visit. I really enjoyed my visit to your site ... posted on the "Winners
List" ... a little well deserved recognition and a small token of appreciation
for alot of hard work ... You've done a great job on your site!
Bill Darling,
Critical Mass |
... I remember receiving a question over a year ago from someone looking
for information on whether Chinese used any engineering methods from their
homeland during railroad construction. We were unable to find a resource
at the time, but I noticed the statement on your page,
which on the topic: "To conquer the many sheer embankments, the Chinese
workers used techniques they had learned in China to complete similar tasks.
" Nice to have a referral for the future.
Irene Rutledge, Pro Bono Webmaster, Chinese
Historical and Cultural Project
Excellent site! ...
Scott Rhodes,
WHEELS Museum
Your site is absolutely, positively, one of the finest I have EVER
encountered on the web. The amount of research necessary to construct
the site must have been staggering. As I live in Dutch Flat, I have
an interest in not only the transcontinental railroad itself (which runs
about 750' from my home) but the CPRR and local history as well.
Congratulations on such an outstanding website.
Mark Alley
Again, thank you for such a quick response. I was amazed!
Janet A. Dustin,
National Geographic Society
Just viewed your web site and found it to be extremely informative and well designed. ...
Harlan Hansen
This is all extremely helpful. Thanks again.
Brandon
This is a story I wrote about a year ago about some experiences with my son on
the Transcontinental Railroad. ...
Wow, that is incredible! I had no idea you were doing something that nice. I am humbled and honored to be a part of your site. I love the history of the Transcontinental Railroad and it is a big thrill to have you use my story.
Mike Green
great website!!!...Thanks for sharing the Clement
story...
James E. Murphy
... what an awesome website.
Lee Adams III, Downieville, CA
I'm certainly impressed with your web site. You did a great job with
the Stereo World photos, they look
much better on your site than they do in the magazines. ... Please feel
free to let us know if we can help with any of your future projects.
Don Gibbs, National
Stereoscopic Association
... one of our favorite Museums ... Enjoy what you are
doing for the interest
of
the
history of the CPRR.
Keep up the great work. ... Your work has more credibility than any other
source so far ... Thanks for the opportunity to further comment. I just
finished reviewing the Bowman paper
["Driving the Last Spike"] and commend you for all your work in not
only adding this treatise to your web page but tying all the related information,
photos, bio sketches and the like to the story. I think what you have done
is great. I only hope that the folks that review your web page appreciate
what you have done. ... It is my opinion that your CPRR.org
is fast becoming the source of ACCURATE information for serious
students of history ... thank you for all you are doing for all of
us who are interested in the truth of history of the Central Pacific railroad.
Your source material has certainly made it possible for everyone to have ready
access to heretofore unavailable contemporary documents and photographs. ...
A
personal
note of thanks to the [CPRR Museum
for all it] has done to promote these discussions on
the history of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1863-1869. Copies of much of the
contemporary documentation
for the ... research can be found
on
the excellent website "CPRR.org" which makes it possible for
many interested researchers and students of the First Transcontinental Railroad
to
view much of the original documentation and photographs previously only available
to researchers who were
able to visit, or better yet, work at the various historical Libraries and Museums.
Personally
I owe ... a debt of gratitude for what the CPRR Museum has done, and for bringing
together
those serious railroad historians who have shared their expertise with us all.
... With warmest regards, and thanks for all you do,
Edson T. Strobridge
 |
Congratulations, your site has been reviewed and will receive the recently
established railroad
artist award ... given to only the best of railroad related sites.
... I will be featuring your site in my winners column.
Roger S. Gilbert |
Great web site ...
Jim Wade
Best Website in the World:
Hello, just wanted you to know how much I like your web site. I am a
history buff and a librarian and see lots of
web pages but yours is the best I've ever come across.
There is so much wonderful information, so many links and
pictures, all I can say is WOW. Keep up the good work :)
Sue (GoldRushGrl)
... what a great website you have. You have done a great job putting together this information. ...
Thank you very much. I really appreciate the help ... not to mention the quick reply.
Jeff D. Pieros
Nice design. :-)
Trandate
Fantastic Site
This site is unbelievable. It is fabulous. I thank you for all
the effort that went into this project. I wish I was still teaching school as
I would have my students working on this site every semester. I found you by
accident.
Thank you for a great job, keep up the incredible work.
Ed
The maps are great.
William Brock
Thanks again for the great job you did of putting together the Summit
Tunnel picture page and associated elements!!! [The exhibit of
engravings
from the book "Our Native Land" is also] excellent.
I am a computer professional in Sunnyvale, California. I manage
large computing infrastructure including web servers. I just wanted
to drop you a note and say that I found your site one of the most professional
and entertaining sites I have seen. My 3 year old son and I visit
often and he loves to hear about the trains and see the pictures.
I have just finished a book about this subject and equally enjoy all the
information you have collected. Thanks for putting up one of the
best web sites I have seen.
Steven Ruggiero
... a very nice Web site ...
Susan Snyder, columnist, Las Vegas Sun
Congratulations on an excellent and most entertaining web
site. Thank you for doing this.
Greg Koyl
... wildly successful web site ... I would suggest the Central Pacific
Railroad Photographic History Museum as a source for a great deal of contemporary
info on the Chinese building the Central Pacific.
There is an internal Google search engine
on the site. ... extensive web site ... a major reference source of information
on the Transcontinental Railroad ... The CPRR Museum has been very careful to
protect copy rights and interests of individuals and organizations who make
images available to them ...
Kyle Williams Wyatt, Curator of History & Technology, California State Railroad
Museum
[from the R&LHS Newsgroup]
... Thank you for your help. Your website has been a very valuable tool in our exhibit research.
Rachel Bradshaw,
Registrar,
The Flagler Museum
Thank you for the great information. ...
Janet L. Kendall, UC Berkeley
... I am always amazed at the depth and quality of the Central Pacific Museum. ...
Larry Mullaly, Central Point, Oregon
FABULOUS RAILROAD PICTURE SITE!! (My Favorite)
... such a grand website! ... Your website impressed me because the pictures
are
so
big and you can really get a feel for the images and the details! Great job!!
... It was very interesting
to learn about all of the hard work and endurance that contributed to the railroad
project! Your ... great great grandfather really
had his work cut out for
him over those mountains! ... Continued success with the museum website!!
Alicia Reese
I just have to say it What a wonderful and comprehensive site, it has gone straight in to my Favourites! Thank you.
—M. Middlehurst, Tynewydd, Treorchy, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK
... I am a sophomore in high school and your site is the best I've found.
Rie W
I am writing to tell you that I find your site very interesting and
useful, and will be providing the URL as a resource to my students ... for study
and research purposes ...
Jennifer Turner, Avon Maitland Distance Education
Centre, Ontario an online learning initiative which offers
Ontario high school credit courses through electronic distance education.
... I love your site. I spend hours on it every week. ...
Eduardo Sanchez, Motion Picture Writer/Director
["Blair
Witch Project"]
... a vast collection of online materials documenting the history of the Central Pacific Railroad and rail travel, including more than 400 railroad and travel maps. Maps range from tourist
guides to land office maps to summit
contour maps.
David T. Stephens,
George Mason University,
History Matters: Making
Sense of Maps
Your website is incredibly informative! ...
Kirby Plessas
Extensive collection of photographs related to building the Central Pacific Railroad, as well as its early years of operation. Includes some now
(1997) and then (1868) comparison photos.
Library of Congress, American Memory Project, Development of the Industrial United States
WONDERFUL WEB PAGES
Exciting, colorful, reflective of a lot of hard work. I am recommending all of your pages and links to a friend who is adopting my deceased father's O gauge train collection. I know he will be thrilled to explore all the great information you've offered AND he will be annoyed with me at the same time while he loses many hours exploring and relishing your site.
It's all wonderful!
Judy Sabo,
Ripon, California
... Thanks for having a fantastic site!
John D'Angelo, Associate Editor, Virtual Railroader
... a wealth of information, photographs, and links related to the Chinese-American
laborers who built the railroad.
Enslow Publishers
Solano Ferry Model
Greetings! I finally had some spare time to look at the Solano
website. Wow!! It is wonderful!!! I was fortunate enough to see the model on
display at the train show ... You guys have definitely done a superb job!! ...
Ken Kusano
What an awesome web site!
Scott Havener, CubScout Leader, Strasburg, Colorado
... your website ... is fabulous. ... I have been using your website as a resource
...
Constanza Berger
Just a quick note to say that I have just viewed your ... CPRR
Sierra Grade Images
Exhibit ... photographs and that
I
think they are fantastic. Well done! ... it's obvious right off how much work
and love has gone into the project and wanted to briefly pass on my admiration
of your work.
... It must have been an incredible experience for you to actually be standing
at those sites for the first time.
John van den Akker, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
... I was really impressed to see this and the work that you have put in it to make a Good page ...
Peter Burrowes
I have visited your site many times and ... I'm glad I'm able to contribute to
your
already impressive archives. ... I was gratified to see the stereo ... A. J.
Russell Stereoview #539. "Chinese at
Laying Last Rail UPRR" ... featured
so
prominently in the section on the Chinese. It really does confirm the eyewitness
accounts
of the activities that morning as well as filling a missing hole in the Russell
catalogue. ... Zooming in on the hi-res scan is an experience too ...
The area showing the workers can really be "blown up" to where the
viewer almost feels like he is in the scene. ... Keep up the good
work!
Phil Anderson, Hermosa Beach, CA
Great Site ... Loved your site. I found it via Stereo
World magazine.
Chuck Lauby
Wonderful history here.
Orfie
This is a great site with lots of information. ...
Alice Jackson
Very helpful to me ... thank you very much. ...
Dan Free
I just want to take a few seconds to thank you for all of your help. I
truly can't imagine doing the research for this project [for a motion
picture screenplay
for
a
major
Hollywood movie studio
about the building of the transcontinental
railroad] without your
assistance. ... I'm currently transcribing all of the newspaper
articles. They are absolutely fabulous. Thank You! Thank
You! Thank You! ...
Mara Levy
Bill Wittliff
[BBC Entertainment
News reports that "Movie titans Steven Spielberg and
Martin Scorsese are to join forces on a future film project about the American
railroad.
Spielberg's production company Dreamworks will produce and Scorsese will direct
the film, titled Into The Setting Sun, according to Hollywood trade paper Variety.
No script yet exists, however it is reported that Bill Wittliff, writer of
Legends of the Fall and The Perfect Storm, has been handed the script-writing
reins."]
Your web page ... is a terrific tool! ... Nice to have this [CPRR
Discussion
Group]
vehicle for
a
sounding
board.
Bob Spude, Historian, Cultural Resources Management, National Park Service, Intermountain Region
Chinese American Contribution to the Transcontinental
Railroad — Extensive site from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic
History Museum that pays tribute to Chinese contributions to the building
of the American transcontinental railroad.
Library of Congress,
American
Memory Project, U.S
History, Ethnic
and Multicultural History Learning Page Resources
... a great deal of information, and many images, online.
West Web, Crossing the Great Divide: Transportation in the West, College of Staten
Island Library
Thank you so much for sending the addresses of the Mormon-related
materials on your site. However, I simply went to the opening page and used the "search
the site" feature to locate those and more. Quite a site and a remarkable number of hits in five years! I looked at a lot of the graphics and read many of the articles. I especially enjoyed John
Stewart's article on the role of Utahns in the building of the railroad and the one on Clement. Because I am a retired newspaper editor, I usually notice little errors in spelling and grammar in anything I read, but on your website I noticed only one problem - two words that were not separated by a space!! And the graphics are phenomenal. I have worked with web pages and graphics with limited success so I have some idea how difficult it must be to achieve the artistic qualities of your pages. Congratulations. No wonder you have so
many visitors.
Velton Peabody
Great online museum!!!!
John and Liz Wear
... wonderful website. ...
Celena Cipriaso, Iginition Point Studios
Gee, I got so many offers of help from so many people that I don't know where to begin the "Thank You's." ...
Ken Morrow
A fantastic website! I'm also a collector of Hart, Pond, Houseworth,
etc. and live in Sacramento. My goal is to photograph some
of the old locations such as Cape Horn,
etc. in 3D as they look today but trying to be as close as possible to
where the [original] photograph was taken. ... That is a fine
exhibit
of the tunnels and good information to keep.
Herb
Milikien
An incredible treasure trove of historic photographs relating to the
development of railroads. Includes pictures of Chinese
immigrants laying
track.
The
Guilded Age WebQuest: Documenting Industrialization in America
You did an awesome job with the [locomotive
exhibit]! ... lol your website addition is
awesome. ... so exciting. It's amazing what
you've created!
Becky
... I have found the information on the CPRR Museum site fascinating. ...
Tom Comyns
Wow ... What a wonderful site! I love the gigantic images.
Sure it takes
forever, but if you’re looking at a railroad map and
can’t read the words, what’s the point? ...
Umm ... wow again. I'm shocked. In a good way. THANK YOU!!!!
I've been hunting high and low for a map
of railroad routes and stations
before 1869 for ages and have never been able to find one. Thank you so
much! You folks are really incredibly nice. And thanks for taking the
time to write a personal reply.
Sandra Olsen
Love the summit
pictures ...
I dream of having the same adventure as you someday. ... How I wish I was back
in that area now. Perhaps I shall
be so lucky to get a tour sometime.
Matthew Hall
... you have a Wonderful and informative Web Site. ...
Bruce Delorme
What an outstanding use of the technology the internet provides us. This
web site is a remarkable compilation of an even more remarkable achievement in
our nation's history. Thank you for providing this historical information to
millions of people.
David Huggins, Ballston Lake, NY
(only a few miles from the Saratoga Springs to North Creek, NY RR built by
Thomas Durant in 1871)
Great pictures of the building of the transcontinental railroad
Ginnie Daniel, Camino Pablo School, Moraga, Contra Costa County, California
What a wonderful site. One could spend hours looking through
the different segments. ...
Frank Yeamans
Thank you for the info you sent to me. It was perfect!
Bonnie R.
An absolutely outstanding website!! I learned more from this website than I
did in my Bachelor's program in the early 60's majoring in History of the
West. ...
Duane Chism, San Antonio, TX
I found your website very interesting and informative. ...
Patrick Ruane
Thank you ... —fantastic site! I will ... do a short article
on it for our next newsletter ... I just did some research for a
client interested in the SPRR and will also refer him to your website for
the research sources you have links
to. Keep up the great work!
Mary
Beth Fay, MLIS, Historical Researcher, Arizona Photographic Collectors
Chinese American Contribution to the Transcontinental Railroad – Extensive
site from the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum that pays
tribute to Chinese contributions to the building of the American transcontinental
railroad.
Library of Congress, American
Memory Project, Learning Page
Thanks ... You railroad guys are really into this stuff! It's fantastic that you all are keeping the history alive. I'm duly impressed.
Noah Belikoff
I have enjoyed your site immensely. It is exceptionally well done. I am an
amateur RR historian and RR collector and have an interest in the CPRR and its
successors. On your site is a display with three of the four known CPRR Railway
police badges in existence, dating from the early 1870's to about 1900. I happen
to own the fourth one (it looks exactly like the one on your site numbered "57"
but
with a different number) ...
Gene Lewis
I pulled up your web site and found it very interesting. A lot of work
went into producing this. Congratulations !!
Robert Lynn, The Franklin Bookstore
Kudos from SF City guides:
....I have emailed [the location of your Palace
Hotel history page] to all of
the
Palace Hotel guides. In fact it was on our agenda again last Saturday, during
our
regular meeting. I was also very excited to scan the rest of the Central
Pacific Railroad site because it contained a number of other pictures of the
original hotel. Coincidentally I found the same pictures in the History
Center of the Main [San Francisco] Library. They had a copy of the
promotional brochure that contained the photos, and I'd made photocopies for
the Palace guides. I much prefer having [your] electronic copies available!
... The next
meeting of the Palace Hotel guides is ... If
you can make it, we'll make you our Guest of Honor! ... the group is voracious
for history in general, and
especially history related to the Palace Hotel and San Francisco during the
late 1800s.
Rob Spoor, San Francisco City Guides
Folks, this is wonderful. So much information. I will be
back!
Carl Rodolf
Thank you very much for the permission to use the photograph of Locomotive 29. It is essential to my project. Thanks again.
N.H.
A lovely site of railroad history. In addition to lots of photographs
& stereographs, they have scanned or
reprinted much 19th-century writing about this railroad's construction
and ancillary topics. You could get lost for hours here, reading about
tunneling
through the Sierra Nevada or train robberies
or overland travel or just looking at classic pictures.
Mike Gunderloy's Weblog
Central Pacific Railroad: Photographic History Museum
CPRR.org
Resource on the construction of the first American transcontinental rail line
in the 19th century, supported with an extensive image gallery comprising of
stereographs, engravings, maps, and photographs. Provides articles on railroad
and postal transport and the photography of the time. Also includes images and
notes on related collectibles such as stamps and letters, and features a list
of readings and links. ...
Essay on the methods of developing and printing photographs with emphasis on
stereographs: double pictures used in landscape photography.
Encylclopedia Britannica, The Web's Best Sites, History Museum
We'd be delighted to share Dr. Milgram's article ["By Train and by Stagecoach,
Transporting the Mail along the Transcontinental Railroad"] with your readers. ... I
took
the
opportunity of visiting your website and must say that, as a railroad buff,
I enjoyed it very much.
Bonny Farmer, Editor, The American Philatelist
Your Palace Hotel web page is phenomenal ...
Michael Jawitz, Palace Hotel
... your site is a great boon to us all. ... Many thanks, [the locomotive
exhibit is]
a wonderful page, like the entire museum. ... Thanks for your note, and especially
[the CPRR.org] website. ... Because I helped draw up the "new" color
schemes
for
the
Jupiter at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, I have an ongoing interest
in early locomotive
color schemes ... the Savage photo [is]
especially valuable for comparisons
to the "as built" appearance of Jupiter. I can't tell you how good
its been
to have seen this for my research work.
...
The photo of Juno has been immeasurably helpful to establish that the paint
scheme on the Jupiter was also used on other Schenectady built engines on
the same road - and that Jupiter was not unique, but rather standard; in
other words, the Savage photo helps provide a context for the Jupiter.
Jim Wilke
You have a great page!!!
Carol Dean, Wyoming,
The Cowboy State and Utah,
The Beehive State
AWESOME web site.
Chuck Carrig
Your site is wonderful! It's richly described and fascinating. ...
Aileen Ghee, Leen Productions
... I'm an avid railfan and rail historian. You have a great
site with lots of information. I especially enjoyed the maps
page - as that is another hobby (and source of income) of mine.
Our MapServer ... provide[s]
free online viewing of ... USGS Topographic maps ... an invaluable
service to railfans, rail historians, and the like.
Ed Lecuyer, Manager, Quality Assurance & Technical Support, Maptech,
Inc.
... you have a great site! ... Keep up the good work.
Paul Rascoe, Perry-Castañeda
Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
What a WONDERFUL web site!
Tom Philp, Associate Editor, Editorial Pages, Sacramento
Bee
I am an eighth grade social studies teacher writing curriculum for
using the Internet with my classes. ... From an historian's
point of view, your site is fabulous. There are a lot of great multimedia
primary sources here that students will find fascinating. ...
Jennifer Brown
Thank you SO much! ... I've been trying to sort out all the seemingly contradictory information, and your website has been of utmost value. ... Again, many thanks!
Sara Hudson, Yale University
... keep up the good work of providing the information that is on your web site.
Jack Duncan
Outstanding website. Thanks ...
Al,
Sun Mountain Books
Thank you so much. You have a wonderful site!
Cheryl Guglielmo, Saint Martin's University
That is quite a nice website! Terrific job!! Knowing how
much work goes into maintaining a website, I can appreciate your efforts.
Dave Cramer, Railroad
Paper Collectibles
I have to say first of all, what a fantastic site CPRR.org is. It's amazing.
... The map images are incredible
... Thank you very much for the reply. The information was very helpful. I
realize reading people's e-mail must be a thankless job sometimes, people
demanding information and never saying thanks. Well I just wanted to say
thanks. I appreciate your time.
Chad Carter
... it seems like your website (Wow!) covers every aspect of railroading ...
Robert Frenchu
You have a great site. I have added links in several places on
my web site ...
Tom Crews, Pony
Express Home Station
Thank you so much! [Your answer to my question] was very helpful. ...
Melissa
... Your website, by far, has the greatest
images which will help me demonstrate the role of Chinese-Americans in
the construction of the transcontinental railroad ... for a class I intend to teach ...
Jason Gilmartin, West Springfield High School
... I must commend you on your website and the wealth of information available. Thank you for such an exciting site. ...
Lorna McKenzie Xixis, Hawaii
I really like what you are doing with the Central Pacific Railroad
... You have one of my articles on the CP already in your web site
("RRs shipped by sea") and have another
you might be interested in: "Iron
Horses along the Truckee" from the Spring 1995 Nevada Historical Society
Quarterly. It deals with the details of the constructed isolated
section of railroad along the Truckee River.
Wendell
Huffman, Carson City, NV
... fantastic pages of photos and history of Maine
RR. ...
Colette Zingale
I've been kind of a rail buff since the sixties ... The CPRR site is great ...
Craig Bell
What a great tribute to the Belfast and Moosehead
Lake Railroad. It's been awhile
since I heard the train whistle blast the air as it made its way through brooks.
I live in Thorndike, but am actually closer to Brooks and it's sad to see the "broke
and mended" pass by into neglect. Still we can't reminisce about the old days
too much, makes you feel too old yourself, and I have to admit I am only twenty
nine. In any case I have been meaning to take some pictures of the BMLRR as it
sits now. There is an old snowplow down on the siding in Thorndike and I am sure
that with 33 miles of track that are other worthy images to be captured as moments
in time. ... it still
might benefit you to know that a young person can still support a family by
working for the railroad in the 21st century. ...
Again thanks for sharing your historic knowledge of the BMLRR on-line. ...
Travis S. Johnson
That's a great job on the Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railroad web site. Thanks for preserving a piece of Maine history.
Larry Smith, formerly of Presque Isle, and now living in Colorado
Nice design of blog.
Alex Ray
The pictures on your site are amazing and ... help to portray the Railroad in the truest sense.
Mary Welsh
The locomotive exhibit is great!
Vincent Coli
... brilliant and beautiful reproductions on your website ... I want to create
a scale layout of the overland route from Omaha to San Francisco circa 1871.
... Research and reading, especially on your vast website, will help ...
Gary Knerr
... pictures on the Central Pacific Railroad ... are really amazing ...
R.M.
Thanks very much for your quick and informative response, which was much appreciated. ...
Eddy Goltz, Lisbon, Portugal
There are about 15 of my history students looking at
the mid to late 19th Century in America. The students are putting together a
little video production that chronicles the growth of cities during this
period. ... Thank you ... for your assistance. Thank you as well for maintaining an excellent
resource on American History for my students. The Central Pacific Railroad Photographic
History Museum is an excellent site!!
Kelly W. Elder, Fergus High School, Lewistown, Montana
Great site!
Francis L. Post, retired Santa Fe Hogger who used to work the Cajon
Pass
... I wanted to thank you guys for allowing students to access
these great pictures of the workers and the railroad. I am doing a project on the transcontinental
railroad and my US History book doesn't have that great of pictures and all the
pictures online were okay, but these pictures are great. So again, I just wanted
to thank you for providing these pictures.
Ersporty78
... a huge collection of historic railroad photographs about the CPRR.
This one is wide and deep so plan to visit for a long time ...
Don Bryant, Southeastern Photographic Society
"i need to copy your central pacificrailroad please fooor a history
project for a state compitition. please let me use
it."
... thanks very much for all of the great info. I really appreciate it.
Ron Bentley, Noble Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I am an eighth grade student participating in National
History Day Contest.
I have chosen The Transcontinental Railroad for my topic. Your website and the
accompanying links have valuable information. I would like to use the website
for my research and to include it in my bibliography. ...
D.M.
Thank you very much. The information and map you provided are of great help in my research.
Dean Munroe
I am an 8th Grade American History teacher in Kansas City, Kansas. We
are studying the history of the transcontinental railroad. Your website
is an excellent resource for my students to reference. ... Thank you so much
for making such a great resource
available.
Linda Englis
The CPRR Museum is included in the Proquest Learning Library links database
giving
schools
"the
very
best
resources on every curriculum subject. ...
the most informative and accessible ... web resources currently available ...
[so]
that
more people will be aware of its value and usefulness
as an internet resource."
Peter Wrapson,
Editor,
ProQuest Information & Learning (formerly
Chadwyck-Healey Ltd),
Cambridge, England
I have seen your site, and enjoy it very much.
Mick Needham, Needham Studios
I just finished reviewing what you have done to enhance my original manuscript
and think you have done a remarkable job in including all the links and the improved
images. It makes all the time spent in developing the
story of the building Cape Horn worthwhile. I hope your readers now will find
all the information necessary to determine for themselves what is fact – and
what
is fancy.
Thank you for all your interest and help.
Ed Strobridge
very interesting topic and graphics ... looks fine with the sepia toned
photos, text, and links ... I sent the page to my 10 year old grandson
... a couple of nights ago I watched a TV show about the construction of
the transcontinental railroad — what a cast of characters and schemers
— imagine having a survey that, in effect, moves mountains — imagine being
there while ten miles of track are laid at a walking man's pace —
Dick Uguccioni
... Your website is the most important source of the Transcontinental Railroad
history
and is viewed worldwide. ...
William F. Chew
I am so grateful for your friendly and helpful response. I hope
the
information on [CPRR Surveyor, Butler Ives]
is useful. ... I am hoping that there might be some photographs of surveyors
at work in
the field ... that might include him in a
group ...
