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The 1869 driving of the Golden Spike that created America’s first transcontinental railroad symbolized U.S. technical know-how and ambition. But few know of the “un-driving” some 73 years later.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

WEST OF GARRISON - There were no archdukes or royal highnesses that warm May day in 1909. It was a fact Arthur Stone felt compelled to point out early in his report of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget ...

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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.