Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 (77 page)

Noon, April 28, 1869, Camp Victory, Utah. The CP's track layers have just completed putting down and spiking in six miles of track. They would do four more that afternoon, setting a record that still stands.

Done! East and West shake hands in a famous photograph by A. J. Russell. 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).

The Great Event poster.