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Still Running: The Rails that Built the West

At Promontory Summit in 1869, the West didn’t quietly change, it snapped into place. When the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad met rail to rail and drove the Golden Spike, distance lost its grip. What had taken months by wagon or horseback could now be traveled in days. The frontier didn’t disappear, it accelerated. Steel pushed where trails had struggled. It cut through mountains, crossed deserts and followed rivers into …
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True West Magazine broke the news on Saturday, August 8, 2026.
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