The last rail - the invocation. Fixing the wire, May 10th, 1869
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Taylor's Mills, Wasatch Range
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Deep cut at Trail Ridge. Length 1,000 feet
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Winnemucca town and peak. 334 miles from Sacramento
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Advance of civilization. End of track, near Iron Point
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Advance of civilization. Scene on the Humboldt Desert
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Powder Bluff. West end of 10 Mile Canyon
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Commencement of a snow storm. Scene east of second crossing of Humboldt
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Humboldt Gate, Ten Mile Canyon
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Building water tank. Trout Creek mountains in distance
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Cape Horn and railroad. View from near Colfax
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Entering the Palisades. Ten Mile Canyon
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			The Goliah, at Wadsworth, Big Bend of Truckee River
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Construction train on desert. Near Humboldt Lake
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Construction train, on alkali desert
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Chinese camp, Brown's Station
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Water train opposite Humboldt Lake
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Long Ravine Bridge from the top of Cape Horn
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			End of track, near Humboldt Lake
		 
	 
		
		
			
			End of track, on Humboldt Plains
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Lower crossing Humboldt River, 254 miles from Sacramento
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Scene on the bank of Truckee River, lower canyon of Truckee
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Truckee River and R.R. at Lime Point. Sierra Nevada Mountains 35 miles distant
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Pleasant Valley. Lower canyon of Truckee
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Pleasant Valley, looking west. Lower canyon of Truckee River
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Canyon of American River from near Colfax. Cape Horn and railroad on the left
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Pleasant Valley, looking east. Lower Canyon of Truckee River
		 
	 
		
		
		
			
			Red Bluffs, looking from the west. Lower canyon of Truckee River
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Looking west from Red Bluffs. Lower canyon of Truckee River
		 
	 
		
		
			
			Red Bluffs, lower canyon of Truckee. 178 miles from Sacramento