the ceremony was held on may 10 1869 to celebrate the joining of two railroads at promontory summit, utah territory.
the ceremony was held on may 10 1869 to celebrate the joining of two railroads at promontory summit, utah territory.
where was the ceremony held on may 10 1869 to celebrate the joining of two railroads?
promontory summit , utah territory
union pacific is a 1939 american dramatic western film directed by cecil b. demille and starring barbara stanwyck and joel mccrea. based on the novel "trouble shooter" by western fiction author ernest haycox, the film is about the building of the titular railroad of the same name across the american west. haycox based his novel upon the experiences of a civil engineer, charles h. sharman, who worked on the railroad from its start in omaha, nebraska in 1866 up to the golden spike ceremony on may 10, 1869. this was to celebrate the joining of the rails for the first transcontinental railroad across the united states connecting the central pacific and union pacific railroads at promontory summit, utah territory. in fact, the movie recreated the event using the same 1869 golden spike on loan from stanford university.
union pacific (film)
two railroads, bnsf railway and union pacific railroad, pass through the city. the bnsf railway runs east-west through the city and has a spur for grain cars at the east mid kansas co-op. amtrak's "southwest chief" passenger train travels on the bnsf railway but stops at nearby newton. the oklahoma kansas texas (okt) line of the union pacific railroad runs north-south through the city and has a spur for grain cars at the west mid kansas co-op. the two railroads cross each other as a level junction, and a rarely used connection between the two railroads allows eastbound bnsf trains to turn onto the northbound union pacific railroad. both railways previously had depots in peabody, but were demolished in the 1960s and 1970s.
peabody, kansas