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Question: What do the numbers and letters mean on the side of the cab of Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 No.…
Read moreQuestion: What do the numbers and letters mean on the side of the cab of Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 No.…
Read moreQuestion: What do the numbers and letters mean on the side of the cab of Union Pacific Challenger 4-6-6-4 No.…
Read moreOMAHA, Neb. — There have been all kinds of celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the nation’s first transcontinental…
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PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah — For one day on Friday, lonely, windswept Promontory Summit filled with thousands of visitors eager to…
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Cast members from the musical “As One” gather for a group photo on a stage at the Golden Spike National…
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This and other historic images from the building of the Transcontinental Railroad will be part of a new exhibit at…
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Musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform a free concert on Friday, May 3, 2019, at Chicago Union Station’s Great…
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Parking passes for the May 10 celebration are gone; for May 11 and 12, very limited. Trains: Jim Wrinn PROMONTORY…
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Chinese workers load rail onto a tracklaying car from the piles left by the morning’s supply train. Sixteen rails, a…
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Grading on the Central Pacific was done by hand, relying primarily on Chinese using picks, shovels, and horse-drawn dump carts,…
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A track worker hammers in spikes on a turnout. Steve Smedley Rusty track spikes near Canadian Pacific tracks at Brookfield,…
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Notable U.S. and Canadian railroad completions Trains: Rick Johnson Promontory Summit, Utah, may have hosted North America’s most famous final-spike…
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