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Does this map show the original plan that the 1862 law was written for? I think so.
 * Federal charters

HR 227 appears to be the first version of the bill that resembled the final one; it soon became S 213. However, HR 364 for the People's Pacific Railroad actually became the final law, and by May 5, 1862 it was known as the Union Pacific. There was discussion on June 11, June 12, June 17, June 18, June 19, and June 20. I cannot find any explanation for the name "Union Pacific".

shows that the LP&W would have gone Leavenworth-Lawrence, then along the Kansas River, Smoky Hill River to Salina, then generally west - this is in fact what was eventually built.


 * 1862-07-01: Union Pacific Railroad, from a point roughly south of Cozad and north of Holbrook west to the western border of Nevada Territory to connect with the Central Pacific Railroad of California
 * "Road through Kansas" from the Missouri River to the east end of the UP: may be built by the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad of Kansas, from the Pacific Railroad of Missouri in Kansas City; by the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad of Missouri, from St. Joseph via Atchison; by the Pacific Railroad of Missouri; or by a combination
 * Central Pacific Railroad of California, from the Pacific or Sacramento River to the eastern border of California
 * UP may build west into California; CP may build east to the Missouri River
 * UP shall also build "Iowa branch" from the western border of Iowa to the east end as described above; also a branch from Sioux City once a line is built into Sioux City from the east
 * 1864-07-02:
 * Union Pacific Railroad, Eastern Division (ex-LP&W) shall build via Leavenworth or build a branch from that city to near Lawrence; shall build via Lawrence and Topeka
 * Sioux City branch may be built by company entering that city from the east
 * Burlington and Missouri River Railroad of Iowa may extend west to the UP's Iowa branch
 * 1865-03-03: Western Pacific Railroad of California may build WP from San Jose to Sacramento
 * 1869-03-03: Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division may change its name to Kansas Pacific Railway; Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company of Colorado may build the portion from Denver north to the UP at Cheyenne
 * 1869-04-10: common terminus shall be near Ogden
 * 1870-05-06: common terminus defined exactly

What was actually built (and received land grants) of the above is:
 * Union Pacific Railroad, Omaha to Ogden
 * Central Pacific Railroad, Ogden to Sacramento
 * Western Pacific Railroad, Sacramento to San Jose
 * Kansas Pacific Railway, Kansas City to Denver, Leavenworth to Lawrence
 * Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad, Atchison to Waterville
 * Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, Plattsmouth to Kearney
 * Denver Pacific Railway, Denver to Cheyenne
 * Sioux City and Pacific Railroad, Sioux City to Fremont


 * 1864-07-02: Northern Pacific Railroad, Lake Superior to Puget Sound with branch via Columbia River to Portland
 * Built from Ashland west for 531 miles
 * 1866-07-25: land grant to California and Oregon Railroad of California and connecting company in Oregon, point on Central Pacific Railroad to Portland
 * Built in California; Oregon Central Railroad built from Portland to Roseburg
 * 1866-07-27: Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, Springfield via Albuquerque to the Pacific, branch east via Canadian River to Van Buren; Southern Pacific Railroad of California may connect near the east border of California
 * Took over South Pacific Railroad of Missouri, Springfield to state line; built to Vinita and from Albuquerque to California; St. Louis and San Francisco Railway extended to Sapulpa; Southern Pacific built from San Jose to Tres Pinos and Huron to Mojave, and later from Mojave to Arizona and Tres Pinos to Alcalde
 * 1871-03-03: Texas Pacific Railroad, near Marshall to San Diego; New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad of Louisiana may connect to its east end; Southern Pacific Railroad of California may build from Tehachapi Pass to the TP near the Colorado River; 1872-05-02: renamed Texas and Pacific Railway; must operate east to Shreveport
 * New Orleans Pacific Railway built the NOBR&V's part
 * Did the AT&SF get a land grant outside Kansas? An 1883 map shows that it did.

http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8AxOL_dz24C&pg=RA1-PA381 http://books.google.com/books?id=2kAtAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA11-PA23-IA1 http://books.google.com/books?id=0f9BAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA164 http://books.google.com/books?id=Str1DuRcnVwC&pg=PA303