Historical Essays

The Last Spikes Everlasting Steam Last Spike Site Reading List Essay	Beginnings of Standard Gauge When Roman's drove their chariots across the land they left ruts in the ground that marked their path. Later, when animal powered coaches were pulled along these roads, the ruts were filled in with wooden planks. Finally, when railroads were built along these same roadways, the metal tracks were placed over the wooden tracks. This was the basis for standard railroad gauge of four feet eight and one half inches, the same gauge used in railroading today.   End of the Tracks: Establishing the Lucin Cutoff All in a Days Work: Ten Miles in One Day The Race Across Utah Native Americans and the Railroad Bernice Gibbs Anderson: Mother of G. S. N. H. S. The Language of the Rails