The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...
The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...
with financial help from private donors and the Alaska Railroad, won the Christie’s auction for the spike in New York with a bid of $201,600, more than four times the $50,000 top-line estimate ...