美国《生活》周刊 ,将修筑横贯美国东西的中央太平洋铁路列为美国历史上１００件大事之一 ,并把这一工程奇迹归功于华工。１９世纪后半期 ,美国实施西部开发战略 ,但交通不便成为严重障碍。１８６２年 ,美国国会决定修建“东西大动脉”———中央太平洋铁路。此路西段从太平洋 Life Weekly, a U.S. magazine, listed the Central Pacific Railroad that built the transatlantic America as one of the 100 major events in the history of the United States and attributed this engineering miracle to Chinese laborers. In the latter half of the 19th century, the United States implemented the strategy for the development of the western region but transportation inconvenience became a serious obstacle. In 1862, the United States Congress decided to build the “Great East Route” - the Central Pacific Railway. West of this road from the Pacific Ocean