Colorado Rail Annual No. 27: Western Pacific, The Last Transcontinental Railroad [Hardcover] David F. Myrick

This carefully researched and well-written book by an eminent railroad historian gives a detailed account of the conception and building of the Western Pacific, which was in effect the Pacific extension of the Denver & Rio Grande. Coverage includes the northern California extension and Great Northern's 1931 entrance into the Golden State. Operations are described right up to merger with the Union Pacific.