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Union Pacific Railroad #119 sits on the rails at Golden Spike National Historic site at Promontory Summit in Utah. On May 10, 1869, the original No. 119 along with the Central Pacific's Jupiter  where placed nose to nose a railroad tie width apart during the driving of the Golden Spike that completed the Transcontinental Railroad. The original No. 119 was lost to the scrap heap and in honor of the Transcontinental Railroad's bicentennial in 1969 a reproduction of the original was made. Photographed 07/07