Then and Now

Great Trestle, Promontory Utah

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Distant View of the Great Trestle, 1869
Credit: A. J. Russell photograph courtesy of Oakland Museum of California.

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Distant View of the Great Trestle, 2020
Credit: NPS Photo

The Great Trestle in Promotory, UT in 1869 on the left. The same shot taken in 2020. The trestle was in use for less than a year. Nothing remains except the abutments.
 

 

Engine on Great Trestle, Promontory, Utah

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Engine on Great Trestle, 1869
Credit: A. J. Russell photograph courtesy of Oakland Museum of California.

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No-Engine on Great Trestle, No Great Trestle, 2020
Credit: NPS Photo

1869-Engine on Great Trestle, Promontory, Utah 
2020-No Engine on the Great Trestle as well as No Great Trestle. Wood from the trestle was quickly repurposed after the trestle was abandoned
 

 

Salisbury Cut, Promontory UT

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Salisbury Cut 1869, Promontory UT
Credit: A.J. Russell

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Salisbury Cut 2020, Promontory UT
Credit: A.J. Russell

The Promontory Mountains in Utah were bypassed by the first transcontinental railroad in 1869.  

 

 

Great Bend, Promontory Utah

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Great Bend, Promontory 1869
Credit: A J Russell Collection

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Great Bend, Promontory, 2020
Credit: A J Russell Collection

 

Little Mack's Cut

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Little Mack's Cut 1869
Credit: A J Russell

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Little Mak's Cut 2020
Credit: A J Russell

 

Promontory from the West

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Promontory for the West 1869
Credit: A J Russell

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Promontory for the West 2020
Credit: A J Russell

 

Salt Lake Trestle Work

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Salt Lake Trestle Work, 1869
Credit: A J Russell

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Salt Lake Trestle Work, 2020
Credit: A J Russell