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Description: Transcontinental Railroads of North America Map. Drawn by: Diltsgd (FamilySearch Wiki). Date: 2 July 2009. Source: Self. Modified from "Railroads in the West" [map] in Stephen A. Flanders, Atlas of American Migration (New York: Facts on File, 1998), 143. CPR details and route from D. G. G Kerr, ed., Historical Atlas of Canada, 2nd ed. (Don Mills, Ont.: Thomas Nelson &amp; Sons, 1966), 64-65. Route completion data from Wikipedia Contributors "[x-year] in rail transport" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[x-year]_in_rail_transport (accessed 1 July 2009), and Great Northern Railway Historical Society, "GN History" in Great Northern Railway Historical Society [website] at http://www.gnrhs.org/gn_history.htm (accessed 2 July 2009), and from John C. Dahl, "Boise, Idaho" in Great Railway Stations at http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/GRS%20-%20Boise.htm (accessed 2 July 2009), and Wikipedia contributors, "Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_and_Salt_Lake_Railroad&amp;oldid=295854581 (accessed 1 June 2009). Permission: Public domain. I, Diltsgd [FamilySearch Wiki], the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.