what year was the transcontinental railroad open to passengers in colorado
[Drumbabe, 07/14/2016] Where The Transcontinental Railroad Actually Met. Strasburg has for years used a big sign to announce that it was the linkage spot for the first continuous road of rails between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, on August 15, 1870. But the sign was made of wood, and had stood outdoors in Colorado weather since 1970, and was about to collapse.