Diplomacy in Action. Sanctioned Entities List. The Department of State has sanctioned the following entity for its commercial activities in Iran, pursuant to its authorities under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, as amended.
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.
Find out how the transcontinental railroad transformed America into one nation. Introduction. In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west.