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On the left is a tall, simple, two wire, old style telephone pole attached to other poles leading off into the distance on the right. Also on the right are railroad tracks leading to the distance; they are apparent to run side-by-side. On the near center, but just left to it -on a railroad siding line of tracks is an old era 4-4-0 configuration steam locomotive. It's got a straight cylinder style smokestack emitting slightly visible black smoke into a very large & very blue sky. There are but a few small, low lying clouds present. There's a fairly good sized growth of deciduous trees in a clump off to the side of the main railroad tracks but they're not at all tall enough to reach the two telephone wires. The main railroad line tracks leads of on the very lower left of the composition into an invisible point of infinity. There's a white, tiny, distant railroad crossing sign next to the narrowing tracks, as well. The very, very distant horizon is comprised of barely visible mountains -and the tracks are headed straight towards them. In this entire horizontal composition only the telephone pole on the left and the starkly blue sky are tall. They dominate the scene & landscape.

On the left is a tall, simple, two wire, old style telephone pole attached to other poles leading off into the distance on the right. Also on the right are railroad tracks leading to the distance; they are apparent to run side-by-side. On the near center, but just left to it -on a railroad siding line of tracks is an old era 4-4-0 configuration steam locomotive. It's got a straight cylinder style smokestack emitting slightly visible black smoke into a very large & very blue sky. There are but a few small, low lying clouds present. There's a fairly good sized growth of deciduous trees in a clump off to the side of the main railroad tracks but they're not at all tall enough to reach the two telephone wires. The main railroad line tracks leads of on the very lower left of the composition into an invisible point of infinity. There's a white, tiny, distant railroad crossing sign next to the narrowing tracks, as well. The very, very distant horizon is comprised of barely visible mountains -and the tracks are headed straight towards them. In this entire horizontal composition only the telephone pole on the left and the starkly blue sky are tall. They dominate the scene & landscape.

#BlueskyMonday #skyblue with #UP119 #steamlocomotive #GoldenSpike #EastCoastKin #ECK #USNPS #GreatBasin #blue #sky #railroad #railway #trains #train #UShistory #WestCoastKin #steamengine #steam #history #Promontory #PromontoryPoint #photography #railroads #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

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156 years ago, the #GoldenSpike was hit into the ground, connecting the #TranscontinentalRailroad.

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....::| L.AS Factoid |::...
On May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah, the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States was marked by driving a golden Life. And Scoreboards into the dirt.
#LifeAndScoreboards #LASFactoid #Promontory #Utah #GoldenSpike #Transcontinental #Railroad

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Linking a Nation by Rail πŸš‚πŸŒ„πŸ”§

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#TranscontinentalRailroad πŸš‚ #GoldenSpike πŸ”¨ #USStamps πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ #StampCollecting βœ‰οΈ #RailroadHistory πŸ›€οΈ #PhilatelyAndHistory πŸ“¬ #PromontorySummit #1944Stamp

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I've Been Working On The Railroad A blog about politics, civil liberties, and popular culture.

EBL: I've Been Working On The Railroad evilbloggerlady.blogspot.com/2025/05/ive-...
#TranscontinentalRailRoad #GoldenSpike #JohnnyCash

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#OTD in 1869
Transcontinental railroad completed with the #GoldenSpike at Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869, joining rails of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads.
β€˜The Last Spike’ Thomas Hill (1829–1908) 1881
#railroads #ThomasHill #GoldenSpikeNationalHistoricPark

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Video synth madness #goldenspike #lzxvidiot #syncussion #system1m

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The Trifecta!

Poison Spider, Golden Spike, and Gold Bar Rim

Such a fun trail! We absolutely loved it, though it made for a long day!

#trifecta #jeep #jeeps #jeeplife #4x4 #4x4offroad #offroad #4wd #moab #utah #moabutah #trailsoffroad #trails #desert #poisonspider #goldenspike

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Merry Christmas!

Zuki Hill on Golden Spike near Moab, Utah

#jeep #4wd #4x4 #offroad #4x4offroad #utah #moab #trifecta #goldenspike #trails #trailsoffroad #snow #snowfall #christmas #christmas2024 #merrychristmas

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Double Whammy, an optional obstacle on Golden Spike near Moab, Utah

Lots of fun with this one!

#4wd #utah #moabutah #moab #easterjeepsafari #ejs #wrangler #badgeofhonor #jeepbadgeofhonor #trailsoffroad #trails #doublewhammy #goldenspike #conqueredtrailz #moabrocks #4x4 #offroad #4x4offroad

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Railway Profiles: UP 119 - May 19, 2023 #UnionPacific #TranscontinentalRailroad #GoldenSpike #UP119

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Railway Profiles: CP Jupiter - May 17, 2023 #CentralPacific #TranscontinentalRailroad #GoldenSpike #CPJupiter

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Snapped a pic last night, before packing them away for the train show next weekend. The spike is (~$34 web/mail order) from the national park.
#GoldenSpike #ModelRailroad #ModelTrain #NScale #T-TRAK

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Chinese workers who helped build the #TranscontinentalRailroad were excluded from the photo when it was taken of the #GoldenSpike celebrating its completion #OnThisDay in 1869; the Chinese role in that #history is finally being recognized:
www.npr.org/sections/cod...
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An welchem Ort ließe sich der Übergang ins #AnthropozΓ€n stratigraphisch ablesen? Im @HKW_Berlin wird die Shortlist fΓΌr den #GoldenSpike prΓ€sentiert – und die Diskussion um eine neue #Erdepoche geht in die heiße...

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