Union Pacific #119 and Central Pacific #60 on a history replay at Golden Spike National Historical Park.

The Kenefick passenger car adorns this lit sign to commemorate the UP 4014 Big Boy's tour of the Midwest.

A short Union Pacific special train winds through the desert at Cabazon, California, just after sunset (on the Sunset Route!) on November 18, 2017. Six passenger cars (Missouri River Eagle, Katy ... (more)

"THIS is the way to India!" Speaking on behalf of UP Vice President, Dr. Thomas Durant, who was temporarily indisposed, UP Chief Engineer, General Grenville Dodge commends the peo... (more)

Out of the darkness....and into that beautiful Utah sunshine come the two Golden Spike Locomotives as they prepare for the second day of the 3-day "Spike 150" celebration at the G... (more)

Ready to rock Promontory Summit! With the morning preparations just about complete, the two "Golden Spike" engines have emerged from their quarters, pausing briefly in the yard to... (more)

UP 119's "tender behind." Although her stablemate, the CP "Jupiter" probably gets more love from fans (and views on RP), the UP 119 is one very pretty locomotive. The ... (more)

Making her grand entrance. Charging toward stage center at the Golden Spike National Historical Park, UP 119 makes her grand entrance in front of what was likely the largest crowd she's eve... (more)

UP 119: An unlikely celebrity. When looking at photos of the Last Spike Ceremony on the Transcontinental Railroad, we see lots of distinguished looking men clad in formal attire and two orn... (more)

Golden Spike 150! Re-enactors from the Golden Spike National Historical Park pose for a "Champagne Photo" at the conclusion of their historic re-enactment of the Last Spike Ceremo... (more)

150 years and one day later, the politicians are still pontificating at Promontory, reenacting the driving of the golden spike. They do a great job here of recreating the scene, on a seasonal bas... (more)

Attention To Detail Resting in the Promontory sun, the replica of famous UP 119 is a shining example of 1860's locomotive construction. The level of detail on both of these locomotives is ... (more)

East Meets West At what can arguably be named one of the most significant sites in American history, the Central Pacific from the west and the Union Pacific from the east met at Promontory ... (more)

Here's a view of the fireman's side of 119. This a near exact replica, of the original 119, that was used in the Golden Spike Ceremony, in Promontory Summit, in 1869. This locomotive was designed... (more)

Locomotive number 119, makes a shove east, on the Union Pacific Spur. Every year, for a few day, in between Christmas, and New Year, the Golden Spike National Historic Site, does their winter ste... (more)