This picture was taken at Promontory Summit on Golden Spike Drive off Route 83 at the Golden Spike National Historic Site, Utah. In 1868, Schenectady Locomotive Works in New York built Jupiter for the Central Pacific Railroad that hauled Central Pacific President Leland Stanford's special train to Promontory Summit for the joining of the rails. The Jupiter, shown in the photo, was built by O'Connor Engineering Laboratories in Costa Mesa, California and is a working replica of the original locomotive.
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