TYPICALLY THIS IS TRAIN NUMBER 300. THE LANCASTER IN ... Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the ...

Anchorage Museum On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected ...

BUT IN 1973, JIM TOOK A PART TIME POSITION AT THE STRASBURG RAILROAD. YEAH. STARTED OUT JUST A JOB. NEVER ENDED TRAINS, BUT THAT KIND OF GREW ON US AFTER A WHILE, THAT’S FOR SURE. TYPICALLY THIS IS ...