:35:02
And the Indians found a new amusement...
:35:05
... listening to the level tune
of the singing wires.
:35:08
But far less amusing to the Indians...
:35:10
... was the coming of the steel roadway
of the Iron Horse.
:35:14
The surveyors" route lay through immense
natural barriers, the Rocky Mountains...
:35:20
... and the equally discouraging
High Sierras.
:35:24
But range upon range could never stop
the titanic contest...
:35:27
... between two corporate giants
racing to put down...
:35:30
... the greatest mileage of track
before they met:
:35:33
The Central Pacific eastward
from Sacramento through the Sierras.
:35:42
And the Union Pacific,
forging westward across the plains...
:35:46
... with the Rockies still to come.
:35:48
The prize in the race was free land,
vast parcels for every mile of track laid.
:35:53
Land that would one day be worth millions.
:36:01
Hold it!
:36:03
Set it down!
:36:06
Up!
:36:13
Where'd you find 'em?
:36:15
'Bout a mile back yonder.
:36:18
That's Johnny Hormatz. And Jack Perkins.
:36:23
What the hell is this? A picnic?
:36:25
The Indians got a couple of our men...
:36:27
Mister, you were the foreman here.
Now you're a tracklayer.
:36:30
Now get back to work, all of you!
:36:32
Move it!
:36:33
Fast!
:36:35
- You.
- Yes, sir?
:36:36
You're the new foreman, till I find
somebody better. Now get 'em at it!
:36:40
- Wait a minute.
- Move it!
:36:42
Is your name Jethro Stuart?
:36:46
Mr. Jethro Stuart, you're hired
to hunt buffalo to feed these men...
:36:50
...not to stop their work.
Why'd you bring these bodies here?
:36:54
They're railroaders. I thought somebody
on the railroad might be interested.
:36:57
I'm the railroad, and I'm not interested.