COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Union Pacific Railroad Museum is taking its Building America exhibit on the road, or at least out on the rails.

WASHINGTON, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO) TUESDAY, MAY 10: GOLDEN SPIKE DRIVEN Profile America -- Tuesday, May 10th.

On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Pacific Railroad Act, creating Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads and chartering the two companies to link the country from Omaha to Sacramento.

By Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Box Elder County -- It was a record that historians claim has yet to be matched: 10 miles of rail laid by hand, in just one day. Over 1,000 men, all employed by the Central Pacific Railroad, accomplished the feat on April 28, 1869.

By Martin Ricard SAN LEANDRO -- Railroads will always hold a special place in this city's heart. Until the Southern Pacific trains that ran through San Leandro stopped passenger service shortly after World War II, the railroads were instrumental in the area's agricultural and industrial growth.