File:First Transcontinental Rail.jpg
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- The train pictured is the 'Jupiter' — which carried Leland Stanford, one of the "big four" owners of the Central Pacific, and other railway officials to the Golden Spike Ceremony.
- Indians, who watch from atop the hill, overlook the train.
Other version: en:Image:First Transcontinental Rail.jpg, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may10.html
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