Union Pacific No. 119
by Rick Pisio
Title
Union Pacific No. 119
Artist
Rick Pisio
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Union Pacific Railroad #119 sits on the rails at Golden Spike National Historic site at Promontory Summit in Utah. On May 10, 1869, the original No. 119 along with the Central Pacific's Jupiter where placed nose to nose a railroad tie width apart during the driving of the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. The original No. 119 was lost to the scrap heap and in honor of the Transcontinental Railroad's bicentennial in 1969 a reproduction of the original was made.
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