Where the Transcontinental Railroad finally joined
PROMONTORY SUMMIT, Utah--On May 10, 1869, the extraordinary happened here.
After crews from the Central Pacific Railroad had started in Sacramento, Calif., and laid 690 miles of track to the east, and teams from the Union Pacific Railroad had put down 1,086 miles of track to the west of Omaha, Neb., they met on that spring day at this spot just north of the Great Salt Lake.
They completed the Transcontinental Railroad.
For the first time, trains could traverse most of the United States. The huge event was celebrated on that day when the Central Pacific's Jupiter and … Read more
