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By:Richard Gorddard
Dates:6/18/1997 - 6/20/1997
Album Info:No longer used as part of the transcontiental route, the Promentory route is owned by the United States Park Service and is run and preserved to maintain the history of this famous and important site where the golden spike was set in place marking the meeting of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific and forming the first US transcontinetal railway line
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4-4-0
Title:  4-4-0
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:13:43 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  393   Comments: 1
Up 119 smoking it up
Title:  Up 119 smoking it up
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:15:18 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  360   Comments: 1
CPRR and the UP face each other
Title:  CPRR and the UP face each other
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:17:48 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
Central Pacific #60 the Jupiter
Title:  Central Pacific #60 the Jupiter
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:19:36 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  350   Comments: 1
CPRR 60
Title:  CPRR 60
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:23:29 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  342   Comments: 1
UP 119
Title:  UP 119
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:28:16 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  337   Comments: 1
UP 119
Title:  UP 119
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:33:01 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  402   Comments: 1
CPRR 60
Title:  CPRR 60
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:37:17 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  319   Comments: 1
Promontory Utah
Title:  Promontory Utah
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:08:33 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  267   Comments: 1
UP 119
Title:  UP 119
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:10:21 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
Golden spike reinactment ceremony
Title:  Golden spike reinactment ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:13:28 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  532   Comments: 0
UP 119
Title:  UP 119
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:16:30 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  372   Comments: 1
Recreating the GS ceremony
Title:  Recreating the GS ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:18:12 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  365   Comments: 0
Fireman of 119 on the ground the engineer is in the cab
Title:  Fireman of 119 on the ground the engineer is in the cab
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:21:17 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  317   Comments: 1
The CPRR And the UP meet At Promontory
Title:  The CPRR And the UP meet At Promontory
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:22:58 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0) UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  437   Comments: 2
The 119 is a wood fired locomotive
Title:  The 119 is a wood fired locomotive
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:27:48 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  416   Comments: 1
The Jupiter
Title:  The Jupiter
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:34:04 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  298   Comments: 2
The ceremony
Title:  The ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:30:22 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
Members of the NRHS watch the Golden Spike ceremony
Title:  Members of the NRHS watch the Golden Spike ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:36:53 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  415   Comments: 1
119 moving up the track
Title:  119 moving up the track
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:39:49 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  329   Comments: 1
Very baron area
Title:  Very baron area
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:41:32 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  300   Comments: 0
The meeting at Promontory
Title:  The meeting at Promontory
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:44:05 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 119(4-4-0) CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  435   Comments: 1
No 60 moving slowly along
Title:  No 60 moving slowly along
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:46:40 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Switch stand
Title:  Switch stand
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:48:58 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  132   Comments: 0
Nice shot of No 60
Title:  Nice shot of No 60
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:51:16 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  302   Comments: 1
CPRR 60
Title:  CPRR 60
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:54:06 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
Spike ceremony
Title:  Spike ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 3:59:14 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
Golden spike ceremony
Title:  Golden spike ceremony
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/18/1997  Upload Date: 8/23/2017 4:07:00 PM
Location:  Promontory, UT
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Steam,Action
Locomotives:  CPRR 60(4-4-0) UP 119(4-4-0)
Views:  415   Comments: 0


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