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The two railroad companies involved in the transcontinental  railroad were the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific. They  completed the track on May 10, 1869 at Promontoryâ¦ Summit, Utah.
At the height of the transcontinental construction period, the Central Pacific employed over 12,000 Chinese workers, which was more than 90 percent of the company's workforce. The Central Pacific released Chinese workers in April 1869 with the completion of the railroad at Promontory, Utah.