Centennial Bridge over the Mississippi River between Rock Island (Illinois) and Davenport (Iowa) in the United States

...The Pacific Railroad proper finds its terminus at this important Nebraska town. Omaha is connected with Chicago by the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, which runs directly east, and passes fifty stations.
A train was ready to start when Mr. Fogg and his party reached the station, and they only had time to get into the cars....

From Around the world in eighty days
by Jules Verne