Consult the further reading page for a list of books and Web sites related to the transcontinental railroad. The production team would especially like to acknowledge David Bain, author of Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad (Penguin Putnam Books, 1999).

A number of people appeared on-camera or acted as consultants and are listed below. See the complete film credits for more information.

On-camera interview subjects
David Bain, historian
Carol Bowers, historian
Frank Chin, writer
Sue Fawn Chung, historian
Donald Fixico, historian
Fred Gamst, anthropologist
Stanley Hirshson, historian
Wendell Huffman, historian
Phil Roberts, historian

Music consultant
Rena C. Kosersky

Consultants
Maxine Chan
Charles Sweet
Norman Wilson