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National Train Day
Today, May 10th, is the first annual National Train Day which has been created to celebrate the day in 1869 that the golden spike was used to create a single train line across the US.
In more detail, from the about National Train Day section:
On May 10, 1869, in Promontory Summit, Utah, the “golden spike” was driven into the final tie that joined 1,776 miles of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railways, ceremonially creating the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. And America was transformed.Suddenly, the country was united in a way it never had been, and train travel sparked imaginations in small towns and big cities, among folk who desired adventure and businessmen who saw fortunes to be made. The sound of a train whistle was the soundtrack of happy reunions and tearful farewells. It heralded the arrival of mail, supplies and change.
For more, go check out the National Train Day site.
— michael | May 10, 2008 09:48 AM | I found it online
