Sierra Passage

THEY CONQUERED MOUNTAINS TO BUILD THEIR DREAM...

These thin ribbons of steel would one day unite a nation. But in 1867, the railroad was still a struggle and an adventure for the men who slowly forged its path—mile by mile across the most rugged stretches of America. The challenge now, as winter approaches, is to breach the Sierra Nevadas—but tunneling through the massive granite mountains is explosively dangerous. And for the men and women who made their way across the West to be a part of the dream, every dad brought a new peril—and the hope of triumph...

Rich or poor, American-born or seekers of the immigrant dream, their lives were shaped by the railroads—and the daring, deadly fight to build the backbone of this mighty nation with wood and steel and sheer determination. They conquered the frontier to fulfill the promise of a great land—and this is their story.