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Klein: How the Golden Spike Joined America's Coasts

2013-05-11 02:48:12| Railroads - Topix.net

Tomorrow happens to be National Train Day , which was designated as the first Saturday after the anniversary of the driving of the "Golden Spike." On May 10, 1869, the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads were joined in a remote area of Utah , completing the first transcontinental railroad.

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