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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 30 August 2022 and 9 December 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Charliewerth ( article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Charliewerth ( talk) 13:08, 5 October 2022 (UTC) reply

Another Notable use of this topic in Popular Culture would be the Newest Oregon Trail Game (2021) by Gameloft released on the Apple Arcade, where the construction of this railroad is a sidequest, and you can opt to either build for Central or Union Pacific. 2600:6C64:697F:962B:8506:C7A1:F44C:C320 ( talk) 15:56, 23 December 2022 (UTC) reply

The article has so many "citation needed" things.

if you are one of the previous authors please cite the source where you got the information.

I will try to find the source that states the information that is in the article, but is also reliabe. That railroad man ( talk) 02:12, 26 January 2023 (UTC) reply

Total land grants do not appear to be backed up by source 51. I believe the intended source was 50. However, that source is a map of all land grants to railroads, not just to the continental railroad. I would appreciate someone else looking into this! If no one does, I will change the text to reflect my understanding that the listed grants refer to all railroads. Warr40 ( talk) 08:02, 2 February 2023 (UTC) reply

Horace Hamilton Minkler was my second great grandfather I am John E Barkley James D Barkley's son I'm also in transportation but not the railroad side of it. I just want to thank Wikipedia for keeping America and our history alive I will continue to educate people about our history of America it's very important to me and the history of America that everything comes from transportation anything you buy in your home and or business is from transportation.. 2601:647:5E00:7940:E0A2:F927:2AEC:1472 ( talk) 23:12, 28 March 2024 (UTC) reply