The ceremony for the driving of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/golden_spike" class="extiw" title="w:golden spike">golden spike</a> at Promontory Summit, Utah on May 10, 1869; completion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad" class="extiw" title="w:First Transcontinental Railroad">First Transcontinental Railroad</a>. At center left, Samuel S. Montague, Central Pacific Railroad, shakes hands with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenville_M._Dodge" class="extiw" title="w:Grenville M. Dodge">Grenville M. Dodge</a>, Union Pacific Railroad (center right).
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Andrew_J._Russell" class="extiw" title="w:en:Andrew J. Russell"><span title="American photographer">Andrew J. Russell</span></a>
</bdi>
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. <span style="white-space:nowrap">A normal <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Copyright_tags" title="Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Copyright tags">copyright tag</a> is still required.</span> <span style="white-space:nowrap">See <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Licensing" title="Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Licensing">Commons:Licensing</a>.</span>