The lower wood high is within inches of where the original ceremony was held on may 10th, 1869. Included on this high is a plaque that lists many of the dignitaries from that company. Including Leland Stanfords name. Another thing you can see here at the site is the connection with the resources and that wouldve been available. The two companies building the railroads we have mocked up everything to try to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side you will see precut ties. The Central Pacific had plenty of wood in the serum that is and because of that they had sawmills and they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific coming from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they can find wood. Not a lot available in the areas so they you can see them right here how they would just cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the victorian age as you are going into the
Completed. This spot right here marks by the lower wood high is within inches of where the original ceremony was held on may 10th, 1869. Included on this high is a plaque that lists many of the dignitaries from that company. Including Leland Stanfords name. Another thing you can see here at the site is the connection with the resources and that wouldve been available. The two companies building the railroads we have mocked up everything to try to make it as authentic as possible. If you look on the west side you will see precut ties. The Central Pacific had plenty of wood in the serum that is and because of that they had sawmills and they cut all of their ties and brought them down from the mountain. The Union Pacific coming from the east had to hand cut their ties wherever they can find wood. Not a lot available in the areas so they you can see them right here how they would just cut them and bring them out when they could. The Transcontinental Railroad was happening at the end of the
At 56. We had sprinkles coming through. Theres a little cloud cover. A few very light showers going around fort morgan in eastern colorado going on this morning. That should dissipate briefly and return this afternoon. Heres the break down. 73 by 9 00 a. M. Meaning more clouds and sunshine. 84 by noon. We should make it to 91. We have heat coming in, but we have moisture coming in for showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. Lets check traffic and see how your morning drive Early Morning drive is going. Heres joel hillan. We have our first trouble spot. Its in the high country, but if youre trying to beat all of that volume were going to have later this morning as you head in the westbound direction of i70 watch out through georgeto. One le is blocked off tre. Joel, thank you very much. We have breaking news this morning thats effecting all travelers worldwide. Because of a computer outage. Jaime leary is live at dia. Jaime, i imagine its backed up as people are sleeping in airp
Kirsten Joyce michael, what was the mood like in that ticketing area . Michael Stevens kirsten, many people seemed tolerant. Very patient with all that was happening. From the passengers we spoke with. Almost all of them told us the airline was doing everything their Kirsten Joyce Palo Verde High School graduate cody miller picked up a bronze medal in the olympics yesterday. Miller picked up his medal in the 100 meter breaststroke. He was in 5th place with 50 meters to go and surged to the finish. Setting an american record in the event with a time of 58. 87 seconds. Miller was a nevada state meet record holder. And an allamerican in college at indiana. The governor and many other state officials sent out their Kirsten Joyce some of you commented about the win on our 8 news now facebook page. Cherie said yay for our vegas olympian we are so proud of you and bob wilson said i liked how excited he was after the race Kirsten Joyce firefighters are battling a growing forest fire in souther
12hour day planner. By noon, upper 50s at the coast. 60s around the bay. 70s inland. How about that commute . A sigalert in the trivalley in the pleasanton area. Southbound 680. Not good. A pretty big tree is5a down blocking lane three. So the right center lane is fully blocked, carrying a lot of debris, too. Twomile backup and working on either getting the Fire Department there or a landsca Landscaping Company out there to cut it up and get it off the ey problem in marin county. Update in less than ten. Breaking news in oakland. Police are combing an area along 880 right now looking for a suspect after two people were found dead this morning near empire and gibraltar. Police havent said how the two people died. They were reportedly found in a burning car. You can see that in the video. These are the large flames coming from the vehicle. A third person taken to the hospital. Police have set up a perimeter in that area. More breaking news. This time in San Francisco. Police confirmed t