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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Moab Man" data-source="post: 412551" data-attributes="member: 11881">For all of Utah's shortcomings... if you dig a little deeper this state has an amazing history often lost in time. With that said, Utah is where the first transcontinental railroad line met east with west. To this day you can see some of this history still hanging around in the desert. This photo is looking west. About 100 yards forwards, straight towards the west, is where they still reenact the meeting of the the Union Pacific No. 119 and Central Pacific No. 60 and the Golden Spike being driven to complete the railroad line joining east to west. [ATTACH=full]138315[/ATTACH]These are some old train car wheels from the turn of the century (1900). They probably collected these parts to keep the old steamers up and running.[ATTACH=full]138316[/ATTACH]This is one of the old manual Railroad Switches to allow a train to switch tracks. Lots of great historical stuff to see. [ATTACH=full]138317[/ATTACH]A much more modern lock than the railroad switch it's attached to.[ATTACH=full]138318[/ATTACH] This old structure is still hanging around. I don't know what is has been used for over the years. Beside it is the remains to the pump windmill that provided water for the people and trains that maintained this junction. [ATTACH=full]138319[/ATTACH]Hope you have enjoyed this bit of railroad history located in a desolate remote part of the northern Utah desert.</blockquote>