The Most Iconic Moment in American Railroad History Is Now a LEGO Set (Sort Of) (opens in new tab)

On May 10, 1869, a photographer named Andrew J. Russell set up his camera at Promontory Summit, Utah, and captured one of the most reproduced images in American history. Two locomotives facing each other, nose to nose, with a crowd of workers and dignitaries packed between them, bottles raised, hammers in hand. The image became