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- December 2
![Union Pacific Railroad directors at the 100th meridian, west of Omaha in 1866](../../../I/Directors_of_the_Union_Pacific_Railroad_on_the_100th_meridian_approximately_250_miles_west_of_Omaha%252C_Nebr._Terr._The_tra_-_NARA_-_530892.jpg.webp)
Union Pacific Railroad directors at the 100th meridian, west of Omaha in 1866
- 1863 – Union Pacific Railroad holds groundbreaking ceremonies in the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad at Omaha, Nebraska, (pictured) but the first rails aren't laid for another year.
- 1892 – Jay Gould, American financier who, with Jim Fisk, took control of the Erie Railroad, dies (b. 1836).
- 1906 – Construction begins on Santa Fe's Rocky Ford, Colorado, station; the station is completed and occupied by the end of March 1907.
See also
- Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/December 2/More
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