Our last tourist stop was the Golden Spike National Monument in Utah. That's the place where the East met West when they joined the railroad tracks.
Really, it's in the middle of nowhere - and they joined there because they couldn't agree on where to join!

The trains that came from the East were the standard coal burning trains.

While the ones from the West burned wood (they didn't have any coals mines yet out west, but they had lots and lots of trees!)

Tommy was afraid the train might go while we were there (never mind it didn't have any fuel). Even with mom and dad, he's a little nervous!