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As a young boy growing up in Tremonton, our family visited the Golden Spike Historic Site at Promontory Summit every Easter. These outings led to…
Read MoreIt's something railroad enthusiasts believed they might never see again: one of the biggest steam locomotives ever built in America back on the tracks, rumbling…
Read MoreIt's been 150 years since the U.S. transcontinental railroad connected America's East and West. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
Read MoreA century and a half after the Golden Spike was hammered in at Promontory Summit, Utah, people from all over the Bay crowded into Tressider…
Read MoreIt’s rare that life hands us the opportunity to add a positive narrative to the history books. But there was just such an opportunity recently…
Read MoreMay 10 marked the 150th Anniversary commemorating the driving of the last spike, known as the Golden Spike, of the Transcontinental Railroad which connected the Pacific…
Read MoreMay was a busy month for Weber County. Trains brought a lot of people to town to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the completion of…
Read MoreSalt Lake Tribune photographers covered a variety of stories in May, from an abnormal number of police shootings in Utah to spring sports. Take a…
Read MoreA Wapiti couple returned recently from an eight-day trip spent following the progress of the historic Big Boy 4014 steam engine from Cheyenne to Ogden,…
Read MoreFully 150 years ago, one of the biggest infrastructure projects ever attempted up to that point in history was completed. At Promontory Summit, Utah, the…
Read MoreAs soon as I heard it was being planned, I dreamed about touching a moment in history by being present at the one hundred and…
Read MoreRolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail has opened its new North American train manufacturing site in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Read MoreMusic, speeches and the firing of cannons rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental…
Read MoreThousands of people gathered Friday at the distant area in the Utah desert where the Transcontinental Railroad’s spikes were hammered 150 decades ago, uniting a…
Read MoreThe famous image was taken 150 years ago: On May 10, 1869, photographer Andrew Russell captured the triumphant moment when the East and West halves…
Read MoreA president can get a lot done in Washington when a slew of congressmen — the ones who hate his guts — skip town for four…
Read MoreThe first Transcontinental Railroad, completed in 1869, joined two railroads to connect the east and west coasts of the United States for the first time.…
Read MoreUtah’s Poet Laureate Paisley Rekdal says her poem “West: A Transition” is an ode to and a eulogy for the Transcontinental Railroad. The reason is…
Read MoreMore than 38,000 people from throughout the United States and six countries attended events related to the Golden Spike 150 celebration at Promontory Summit on and…
Read MoreLeon Gubler’s wife was born on May 10, 1969, the day marking the centennial of the driving of the Golden Spike at Promontory, so he…
Read MoreScott Tingle was among those in attendance at Kennedy Space Center in Florida when the last space shuttle mission launched on July 8, 2011. As…
Read MoreIn celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, Utah Opera is presenting four projects selected for its Commissioned Opera project.…
Read MoreWe, the Box Elder County Commissioners, would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation and to thank everyone for all of their hard…
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad with three distinct Forever stamps. A first-day-of-issue ceremony for the…
Read MoreThe hammering of the Golden Spike into place 150 years ago this month at Promontory Point, Utah, launched Omaha and our nation into a dramatic…
Read MoreInfrastructure — whether it be roads, rail, energy, water or broadband — quite literally unites us as a state and a country. After a weekend…
Read MoreLast Friday at Promontory Summit in Utah was a red-letter day for retracing the history of the Transcontinental Railroad. It was the reenactment of the…
Read MoreThe U.S. Postal Service marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad with three distinct Forever stamps. A first-day-of-issue ceremony for the…
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