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CHAPTER 26 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD ‘From ocean to ocean’—so say the Americans; and these four words compose the general designation of the ‘great trunk line’ which crosses the entire width of the United States. The Pacific Railroad is, however, really divided into two distinct lines: the Central Pacific, between San Francis-co and Ogden, and the Union Pacific, between Ogden and Omaha. Five main lines connect Omaha with New York. New York and San Francisco are thus united by an unin-terrupted metal ribbon, which measures no less than three thousand seven hundred and