Talk:Promontory, Utah
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[edit] Parallel tracks by rivals
I recall hearing on a "Today in History" feature that when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific roadbuilding crews came close to each other, they kept right on building past each other, laying parallel tracks. After several dozen miles of parallel tracks had been laid, the President ordered them to join the lines at Promontory Summit and drive the golden spike there. Thus, they would have had to pull up a lot of tracks and construct a single track to join them up. I suppose some of the double tracking could have been left to allow trains to pass in that area. GBC (talk) 03:13, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
