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In 1869, a golden spike was driven in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.



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And *** was there when they drove it, connecting the nation and creating the need for more wheel machines.



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Not really "transcontinental"...Omaha to San Francisco. The next mega-merger will make it "transcontinental". Actually the CP and CN are the only "transcons' railways today just to our north.



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