After the transcontinental railroad was completed the following year, Cope and Marsh began scouring the American West for fossils.

在隔年横贯大陆的铁路完工之后，柯普和马许开始搜遍美国西部，寻找化石。

We did the transcontinental railroad, the Marshall Plan.

我们做了横贯大陆的铁路， 马歇尔计划。

Many Chinese people were immigrating to help build railroads, in particular, the transcontinental railroad.

许多中国人移民帮助修建铁路，特别是横贯大陆的铁路。

It was as if the owner of a transcontinental railroad were to say: 'I run trains'.

就好像横贯大陆的铁路的所有者要说：“我经营火车” 。

But one thing, he pushed for the development of the transcontinental railroad because he thought it was important to form a link with the West Coast.

但有一件事，他努力争取了横穿大陆的铁路线的发展，因为他认为同西海岸形成一个连接是很重要的。