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Replica of Union Pacific Engine No. 119 - (1869) |
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Replica of Central Pacific "Jupiter" Engine No. 60 (1869) |
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Union Pacific and Central Pacific meet May 10, 1869
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It took six years to lay the 1,776 total miles (2,858.195 km) of track, 690 miles (1,110.45 km) by the Central Pacific and 1,086 miles (1747.748 km) by the Union Pacific.
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Engineer's George Booth engine 60 and Sam Bradford engine 119 each broke a bottle of campagne upon the other's locomotive during the original meeting in 1869. (Photographer Andrew J. Russell)
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Replica of the Golden Spike
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Picture Courtesy of the Hewes Family.
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