Promontory Summit, Utah, 2014, General
General Views
In 2014, while visiting family in the Salt Lake City area, we took a side trip out to the Golden Spike National Historic Site at Promontory Summit, Utah. This was the site of the driving of the "golden spike", the point where the two teams met, while completing the transcontinental railroad. There is an interesting visitor center, operated by the National Park Service.
These photographs are general views of such items as the visitor center, and the locomotive static area. To see specific locomotives, go to the main Promontory Summit page, and follow links for the locomotives.
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![[Sign, Promontory Summit, Utah]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/_DSC6545.JPG )
![[Visitor Center, Promontory Summit, Utah]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/visitor_center.JPG )
![[Switch Along Tracks, Promontory Summit, Utah]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/_DSC6173.JPG )
![[Both Locomotives on the Same Track [they were nose to nose for the original ceremony]]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/both_locos.JPG )
![[Sign Commemerating '10 Miles of Track Laid in One Day' [display at visitor center]]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/_DSC6155.JPG )
![[Memorial to the Irish Who Worked on Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/irish.jpg)
![[Memorial to the Chinese Who Worked on Construction of the Transcontinental Railroad]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/chinese.jpg)
![[View of Current Track Area [restored to be closer to its appearance in 1869]]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/track1.jpg)
![[Telegraph Pole and Wires [restored to it's appearance in 1869]]](http://swansongrp.com/pics/promontory/telegraph.jpg)