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Regular freight and passenger trains began operating over the first 31 miles of the Central Pacific line to Newcastle on June 10, 1864, but political opposition and lack of money stopped further construction during that mild winter. Construction resumed in April 1865. At this point, stagecoaches transferred passengers from the Dutch Flat Wagon Road.
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