Dog spikes and screw spikes are the two most common railroad spikes in the market. Equipped with an offset head, a railroad spike is a large nail used to secure and fasten rails in a railway system.
A steel railroad spike clad in gold and silver used in the ceremony marking the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, May 10, 1869 (all images courtesy Christie's) Excitement struck deep at ...
More than a century after becoming an emblem for the development of the Last Frontier, a major Alaska artifact is returning home. The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden ...
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The Alaska Railroad's Golden Spike Hammered in by President Harding Will Return to Its Home State
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 inner Alaska to the ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — President Warren G. Harding drove a golden spike into the final coupling of the Alaska Railroad more than a century ago, a ceremonial act that marked the launch of a system to ...
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