at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) core exhibition, Courtesy of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum 摄影师Andrew J. Russell拍摄的“东西两段铁路的胜利会师”，1869年5月10日，犹他州海角峰，美国华人博物馆（MOCA）核
心展览展出图片，联合太平洋铁路博物馆馆藏
On this day 150 years ago, President of the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Leland Stanford ceremoniously drove the last “Golden Spike” into the tracks at Promontory Summit, Utah, with a silver hammer, thus marking the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad of the United States. The coast-to-coast line consisted of 1,776 miles of continuous railroad and connected an existing eastern rail network with the Pacific Coast in San Francisco Bay. The railroad would revolutionize the American economy, especially settlement of the West, and prove historic for the Chinese American community. Some of the 10,000-15,000 Chinese laborers who had worked on the railroad continued with the CPRR, repairing faulty tracks that had been built too hastily, or transferred to other railroad companies. While some returned to China, many began to work in local agriculture, mining, logging, and other construction or moved to cities like San Francisco, Sacramento, or smaller cities in the Sierras to enter domestic service or manufacturing, expanding burgeoning Chinatown communities.
While many Chinese laborers were instrumental in the completion of the railroad none were present in the photograph of the “Golden Spike.”
在150年前的今天，美国中央太平洋铁路公司（CPRR）总裁利兰·斯坦福在犹他州海角峰用银锤隆重地将最后一根“金道钉”钉入铁轨，标志着美国第一条横贯大陆的铁路完工。这条从东海岸到西海岸的铁路线全长1776英里，将旧金山湾的太平洋海岸与已有的东部铁路网联结起来。这条铁路的建成使美国经济发生了革命性的变化，尤其是西部的产业，并证明了美国华人的历史贡献。在这条铁路上工作的1万至1.5万名中国工人中，有一部分人继续在中央太平洋铁路公司工作，修复那些修建得过于仓促的有问题的路段，或转移到了其它的铁路公司。虽然也有一些人回到了中国，但许多人开始在当地的农业、矿采、伐木和其它建筑行业工作，或者搬到旧金山、萨克拉门托等城市，或塞拉斯等较小的城市从事家政服务或制造业，扩大了蓬勃发展的唐人街社区。
尽管许多华工在铁路建设过程中发挥了重要作用，但他们当中没有一个出现在“金道钉”的照片中。
Countdown to the TCS NYC Marathon on November 3, 2019: 216 Days.
2019年是美国第一条横贯大陆铁路建成150周年，为了纪念第一批华人来美建设这条铁路所做出的巨大贡献， MOCA将其2019 TCS NYC Marathon的活动命名为 MOCA Spike 150 – Running Forward With Our Stories！ 鼓励大家通过马拉松公益跑，全国线上接力，以及一天一个故事的方式讲述150个华人的历史故事，敬请大家持续关注， 讲出华人自己的故事，回顾过去，立足现在，展望未来，共同书写美国历史，使之更加充实完整。