Golden Spike Celebration, 1926
Lang Station
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Railroad enthusiasts and history buffs turned out en force on Sept. 5, 1926, for the 50th
anniversary celebration of the driving of the golden spike that united northern and southern
California by rail at Lang Station in today's Canyon Country, just east of the modern
Shadow Pines exit off of state Route 14. A modern Southern Pacific engine was outfitted
with a smokestack and renumbered No. 38 for the occasion, the same number borne
by the 10-wheel engine that lumbered south from Tehachapi 50 years earlier to meet the
eight-wheel engine No. 25 that was coming north from Los Angeles. For the golden
anniversary celebration, some revelers donned cowboy and Indian garb.
HS2601: 2400 dpi jpeg from printed copy
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