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  2. Golden spike - Wikipedia

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    The original "golden spike", on display at the Cantor Arts Museum at Stanford University. The Golden Spike (also known as The Last Spike [1]) is the ceremonial 17.6-karat gold final spike driven by Leland Stanford to join the rails of the first transcontinental railroad across the United States connecting the Central Pacific Railroad from Sacramento and the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha on ...

  3. Golden Spike National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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    National Park Service map of Golden Spike National Historical Park. The Golden Spike National Historical Park encompasses 2,735 acres (1,107 ha). Initially just 7 acres (2.8 ha) when it was established in 1957, limited to the area near the junction of the two rail systems, the site was expanded by 2,176 acres (881 ha) in 1965 through land swaps and acquisition of approximately a strip of land ...

  4. Union Station (Ogden, Utah) - Wikipedia

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    Utah State Railroad Museum; Utah State Railroad Museum prototype equipment, from the Golden Spike Chapter R&LHS website Archived October 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; Historic Union Station & Ogden 25th Street Archived May 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at the Utah Office of Tourism's Utah.com website.

  5. Anchorage Museum among Alaskans combining to win auction for ...

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    The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more than four times the $50,000 top-line estimate for the historical artifact.

  6. List of railway museums - Wikipedia

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    A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives (steam, diesel, and electric), railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment. They may also operate historic equipment on museum grounds.

  7. Category:Railroad museums in Utah - Wikipedia

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    Golden Spike National Historical Park; S. ... Western Mining and Railroad Museum This page was last edited on 11 October 2023, at 16:18 (UTC). ...

  8. California State Railroad Museum - Wikipedia

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    Nevada Short Line No. 1 – Baldwin-built 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge 2-6-0 (Mogul Type) constructed in 1879; on static display with a few cars and rests above all other trains on an elevated track; last time it was run was in 1939–40 for the Golden Gate International Exposition on daily reenactments of the 1869 Golden Spike ceremony.

  9. Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site, 1883 - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Pacific Railroad Completion Site is the location of the golden spike ceremony for the completion of the Northern Pacific Railway (NP) in 1883. The site is located near Gold Creek in Powell County, Montana off of Interstate 90, [2] approximately 59 miles (95 km) southeast of Missoula and 40 miles (64 km) west of Helena.