Gould transcontinental system

The Gould transcontinental system was a system of railroads assembled by George Jay Gould I and the Fuller Syndicate in the early 1900s. This was Gould's attempt to fulfill a goal of his late father, financier Jay Gould.[1][2] Due to financial troubles following the Panic of 1907, the system was never completed as a fully transcontinental line.[1][2]

At its peak the system stretched from San Francisco to Pittsburgh, and comprised the following railroads:

• Western Pacific Railway
• Rio Grande Western Railway
• Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
• Missouri Pacific Railway
• Wabash Railroad
• Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
• Wabash Pittsburgh Terminal Railway
• (Gap between Pittsburgh and Connellsville, PA)
• Western Maryland Railroad

See also

• First Transcontinental Railroad
• History of rail transport in the United States

References

1. Treese, Lorett (2003). "Section Seven. Pittsburgh Area". Railroads of Pennsylvania: Fragments of the Past in the Keystone Landscape. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-8117-2622-1. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
2. Schafer, Mike (2000). More Classic American Railroads. Osceola, WI: MBI Publishing Co. p. 141. ISBN 978-0-7603-0758-8. OCLC 44089438.