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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZ7_transcontinental-railroad-historical_Corinne-UT.html
Welcome to the Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway. The railroad grade you will be driving represents an epic achievement in American history, linking East to West in a new nation. Today, the landscape looks much the same as it d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCF_the-locomotives-of-golden-spike-jupiter_Corinne-UT.html
"More representative American locomotives of the period would be difficult to find. Both the Jupiter and 119 were of the eight wheel or 4-4-0 wheel arrangement. This style of engine was so common in the United States that it was called the Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCE_the-locomotives-of-golden-spike-no-119_Corinne-UT.html
"The original Jupiter and No.119 were scrapped at the turn of the century. Despite their absence, the replica locomotive tell the story of the building and significance of the nation's first transcontinental railroad. Today's engines are beau…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JBL_the-orange-special-wreck_Corinne-UT.html
You are now standing on the historic railbed and to your right at the gate that separates the old railbed from the highway, the Southern Pacific covered an old trestle with fill on the steepest grade on the Promontory Mountains. For years helper e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JBA_the-big-trestle_Corinne-UT.html
Lacking time to fill the ravine before you, Union Pacific crews built the bridge shown in the photo. One reporter said that nothing he could write "would convey an idea of the flimsy character of that structure."
You can still see the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JB9_the-big-fill_Corinne-UT.html
Competing for fame and money, the two railroads constructed over 250 miles of parallel grade. Here the Central Pacific built the Big Fill before Congress gave final construction rights to the Union Pacific. Afterward, the U.P. sold the tracks thro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9R_competition-1869_Corinne-UT.html
Lacking precise instructions from Congress as to where to meet, and spurred by financial rewards for building grade, both railroad companies prepared railbed past each other for 250 miles. No parallel track was ever laid.
Promontory Summit was c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9Q_may-9-1869_Corinne-UT.html
In this photo, taken one day before the transcontinental line was completed, a 30-foot gap in the railroad remained. A tent town quickly grew around the Last Spike Site, and two of the first businesses, the Restaurant and the Red Cloud Saloon can …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9O_september-8-1942_Corinne-UT.html
After the opening of the Lucin Cutoff in 1904, the historic rail line north of the Great Salt Lake was of minimal importance. In 1942 the last spike was ceremonially "undriven" here before a crowd of Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9N_jubilation-coast-to-coast_Corinne-UT.html
For four years Americans closely followed the progress of the Pacific railroad in their newspapers, anxious to see it completed. By May 1869, intense attention was focused on this desolate corner of northern Utah. The entire country was eager for …