(Photo courtesy of the Union Pacific Railroad Museum) This image by American photographer Andrew J. Russell is titled "East and West Shaking Hands at laying of last rail" and shows the celebration of the 1869 completion of the intercontinental railroad. It appears in the new exhibit "The Race to Promontory: The Transcontinental Railroad and the American West" running Feb. 1–May 26, 2019, at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.