Who built the westward branch of the transcontinental railroad?
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The westward branch of the transcontinental railroad was primarily built by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, which was led by the "Big Four" known as Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins, and Charles Crocker. They worked on connecting Sacramento, California, with Promontory Summit, Utah, where they met the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869.