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Two rival rail companies, led by Charles Crocker of the Central Pacific and Thomas Durant of the Union Pacific, will stop at nothing to best each other while competing to create the most ambitious engineering project the world has ever seen--an unprecedented railroad that crosses through the wild American continent and unites a divided nation.
Original Release
10/10/2021
US Release
10/10/2021
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Karr | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Davarian L. Baldwin | Self - Professor of American Studies, Trinity College |
| Sue Fawn Chung | Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Chris Cox | Leyland Stanford |
| Jack Daw | Jack Casement |
| Daniel Dickrell | Self - Engineering Professor, University of Florida |
| Jeffrey Engel | Self - Professor of History, Southern Methodist University |
| Sarah Feinberg | Self - President NYC Transit Authority |
| Beckett Graham | Self - Historical Writer and Broadcaster |
| Doug Grant | Mark Hopkins |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ian Karr | Narrator / Self - Narrator |
| Davarian L. Baldwin | Self - Professor of American Studies, Trinity College |
| Sue Fawn Chung | Self - Professor Emeritus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Chris Cox | Leyland Stanford |
| Jack Daw | Jack Casement |
| Daniel Dickrell | Self - Engineering Professor, University of Florida |
| Jeffrey Engel | Self - Professor of History, Southern Methodist University |
| Sarah Feinberg | Self - President NYC Transit Authority |
| Beckett Graham | Self - Historical Writer and Broadcaster |
| Doug Grant | Mark Hopkins |
| Michael Hiltzik | Self - Author, 'Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America' |
| Ashley Hudson | Rail worker |
| Ludovic Hughes | Theodore Judah |
| Greg Jackson | Self - Professor, Utah Valley University |
| Jefferson King | Congressman |
| James Meigs | Self - Technology Journalist, 'Popular Mechanics' |
| Sheila Myers | Self - Author. 'The Night is Done: A Durant Family Saga' |
| Tom Shepherd | Charles Crocker |
| Andrew Sykes | Thomas Durant |
| Maxi Tilyard | James Harvey Stonebridge |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Steve Ascher | Executive Producer |
| Karl Hollandt | Executive Producer |
| Keith Palmer | Executive Producer |
| Matt Pearl | Executive Producer |
| Kristy Sabat | Executive Producer |
| Anthony Cocuzza | Producer |
| Nancy Dey | Producer |
| Andy Gradwell | Producer |
| Rebecca Sue Haber | Producer |
| Linzy Hayes | Producer |
| Xackery Irving | Producer |
| Justin Murphy | Producer |
| Steve Murphy | Producer |
| Nancy Oey | Producer |
| Alyson Perlongo | Producer |
| Manny Psihountas | Producer |
