UBS is counting down to next year’s US semiquincentennial with a series of reports exploring 250 years of uniquely American innovation. For part one, UBS’s Kurt Reiman discusses the development of the transcontinental railroad.

<p>UBS is counting down to next year&rsquo;s US semiquincentennial with a series of reports exploring 250 years of uniquely American innovation. For part one, UBS&rsquo;s Kurt Reiman discusses the development of the transcontinental railroad.</p>

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