The Anchorage Museum and the City of Nenana have acquired the golden railroad spike that was used in a celebration commemorating the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. The item was ...

The 5 1/2-inch (14-centimeter) spike is being offered by an unidentified California resident who has owned it since 1983. The Alaska Railroad, originally constructed, owned and operated by the ...

On July 15, 1923, President Warren Harding hammered a golden spike into train tracks in central Alaska. It was the ceremonial final piece of the Alaska Railroad, which connected inner Alaska to ...

David Myers was convicted in 1996 of the highly-publicized Xenia railroad spike murder of Amanda Jo Maher. Myers was granted a new trial earlier this month after his representation submitted new ...

XENIA — A man who was sentenced to death after he was convicted of murdering a woman with a railroad spike will get a new trial. David Lee Myers, was convicted of aggravated murder in February 1996.

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Officials in Henderson County are investigating after someone recently threw railroad spikes through multiple drivers’ windshields on a highway. The North ...

The spike is inscribed, "Presented to Col. Frederick Mears by the city of Anchorage in commemoration of the building of the Alaska Railroad 1915-1923." Anchorage Museum On July 15, 1923 ...