Rediscovering the Ames Brothers monument on the Transcontinental Railroad’s Sherman Hill
The Ames Brothers monument along the former Union Pacific and Transcontinental Railroad right-of-way in Wyoming. The monument is on the…
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Replica steam locomotive Union Pacific 4-4-0 No. 119 stands outside its modern engine shed in rural Utah in 2018. TRAINS:…
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Lonely. Isolated. Desolate. Remote. The list of words to describe how this place — one of the (if not the)…
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Construction crews working westward on the Union Pacific encountered rough going when they reached Utah’s Weber Canyon. Trains collection If…
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Union Pacific trains and ocvered wagons congregate near the end of track at Archer, Wyo., in 1867 during construction westward.…
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A close-up look at Union Pacific ES44AC No. 7906 leading a westbound intermodal train at “Curvo,” a little-known engineering hotspot…
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Leland Stanford’s Sacramento, Calif., mansion. Don Cox The Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento, Calif., offers today’s visitors a glimpse into…
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Beyond the raised hat in the foreground, SP’s L. P. Hopkins, Utah Gov. Herbert Maw, and UP’s E. C. Schmidt…
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A northbound Amtrak Acela tiptoes through the turnouts, exiting high-level Track 20, passing K Tower at Washington Union Station. Doug…
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Today, Promontory Summit is home to the recreated Golden Spike Historic Site, home for two replica 4-4-0s: Union Pacific No.…
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Transcontinental Railroad financial troubles After just 18 years of operation, there had been so many irregularities and so much concern…
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