In 1885 the Central Pacific Railroad was leased by the Southern Pacific Railroad, though it technically remained a corporate entity until 1959 when it was formally merged into Southern Pacific. Through the years, the line expanded to more than 13,000 miles of rail covering most of the southwestern United States.
City of Ember. City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau.
About the Author. Also by Jeanne DuPrau. Copyright Page. The Instructions. When the city of Ember was just built and. not yet inhabited, the chief builder and the. assistant builder, both of them weary, sat. down to speak of the future. âThey must not leave the city for at. least two hundred years,â said the chief. builder.