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- 1. Joining of the Rails Ceremony
- 10. The Nation’s Reactions Native American and the Railroad, 1868. Courtesy of the Union Pacific Museum
- 12. Joining of the Rails Ceremony
- 17. Thomas C. Durant
- 18. Chinese workers curving iron rail in 12-mile Canyon, Nevada during construction of the Central Pacific. Alfred A. Hart photograph.
- 19. The arrival of the paymaster's car was the occasion that gathered a large group of Union Pacific employees together. Most were Civil War veterans and the faded grays and blues were always in evidence in the line.
- 20. Gap between Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rails
- 21. Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869. Notice the uneven, hacked ties of the Union Pacific and that all but one rail (in the foreground) is in place. A.J. Russell photograph.
- 22. Looking over the top of the Central Pacific's locomotive, Jupiter, you can see soldiers from the United States 21st Infantry Regiment and a few Utah luminaries assembling to lay the last rail. A.J. Russell photograph.
- 23. Promontory, Utah, May 10, 1869. East and West shake hands in a famous photograph by A. J. Russell. Central Pacific Railroad Chief Engineer Samuel S. Montague (left) shaking hands with Union Pacific Railroad Chief Engineer Grenville Dodge (right). The Cp's engine Jupiter is on the left (it is using wood for fuel; thus the smokestack is round and covered by a screen to catch sparks). The UP's Engine No. 119 is on the right (it used coal for fuel and thus had a straight smokestack). From an original glass plate at the Oakland Museum.
- 24. Railroad officials and wives at the Driving of the Stake Ceremony, May 10, 1869. A.J. Russell photograph
- 25. Some of the Union Pacific Directors meet in their private car at Echo City, Utah. Silas Seymour is seated at the table, on the left, with Sidney Dillon seated beside him. Doc Durant is beside Dillon, with John Duff on the right. They were on their way to Promontory Summit for the driving of the last spike. Courtesy of the Union Pacific Museum.