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We are working on a new special issue! Classic Toy Trains’ next special interest publication features 14 layouts you can visit across the United States, from the The Choo Choo Barn, the Chicagoland ...
Former Olympic champion sprinter Justin Gatlin shared his thoughts on American hurdler Chris Robinson's new assignment.
Looking to derail from your usual Santa Clarita routine? Consider a trip to Sacramento for a journey through California’s ...
Today is Saturday, May 10, the 130th day of 2025. There are 235 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the ...
The Good Samaritan Model Railroad, inspired by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, is contained entirely within a 20 feet by 30 feet miniature railyard on the campus of the Good Samaritan S… ...
** [Completion of Northwestern Pacific Rail Road] (Part II)** captures the historic Golden Spike ceremony and festivities marking the completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad on October 23 ...
The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more ...
The 14-carat gold relic has been in private hands since President Warren G. Harding drove the final railroad spike at the 1923 ceremony marking the completion of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana. On ...
To celebrate the railroad’s completion, President Warren G. Harding drove the golden spike into place in a ceremony held near Nenana on July 15, 1923, before it was replaced with a standard ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to ...