Gov. Leland Stanford Locomotive
On May 10, 1869, Leland Stanford participated in the ceremonial driving of the last railroad spike, a gold spike, that made the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad possible. The Stanford Historical Society will examine this legacy in a year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
Video: Building the Transcontinental Railroad. CBS Sunday Morning 06/16/2019
Men of Iron and the Golden Spike. Stanford Live 06/12/2019
Citizens of Nevada town honored for Chinese reburial. elkodaily.com 05/29/2019
Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They’re Getting Their Due. New York Times 05/14/2019
Remembering the migrants who built the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. CNN 05/11/2019
Colorado town disputes Utah’s transcontinental claim to fame. KDL-TV 05/10/2019
All the stories, photos from Utah's 150th anniversary celebration of the transcontinental railroad. Ogden Standard-Examiner 05/10/2019
Bells, whistles and steam herald U.S. Transcontinental Railroad's 150th birthday. Reuters 05/10/2019
The Last Remaining Rail Car that ‘Witnessed’ the Transcontinental Railroad’s Momentous Day. Smithsonian.com 05/09/2019
First Transcontinental Railroad and Stanford forever linked. Stanford Report 05/09/2019
Photos: Scenes from the Golden Spike Sesquicentennial Celebration and festival at Promontory Summit. Ogden Standard-Examiner 05/11/2019
Photos: 150 years ago, America was United by Train. Bloomberg. 05/09/2019
Stanford Libraries Transcontinental Railroad Exhibit (photos, oral histories, maps, survey, payroll records, and more). University Archives and Special Collections.
ARTEFFECTS: Reno Philharmonic commissions work for 150th anniversary of completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (video). KNPB. 2/16/2018
Transcontinental Railroad marks 150th anniversary (audio). Capital Public Radio. 2/09/2018
Currently, no future events are scheduled.
