The spike's installation marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad in 1923. It's spent most of the time since then in the ...

The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad in 1923 will for the first time be on permanent display in ...

The total cost of purchasing the 14-karat gold railroad spike at auction, to reclaim a piece of Alaska Railroad history, was ...

An Alaska museum and city, with help from donors including the Alaska Railroad, have won the auction for a 14-karat gold ...

A variety of private donors supplied money for the purchase, the museum and city of Nenana said in their statement.

Two Alaska institutions are making a bid to bring home a golden spike that was driven into the ground more than a century ago to mark the completion of the Alaska Railroad.

The Anchorage Museum and the city of Nenana, joined forces to bring home the Golden Spike, an iconic piece of railroad ...

This image provided by Christie's Images shows a golden spike driven by President Warren G. Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska ...

The Anchorage Museum, along with the City of Nenana, bought a special railroad spike at a Christie’s auction for $200,000.

The Anchorage Museum, with financial backing from the Alaska Railroad, will bid on the 14-karat solid gold spike when it goes up for auction Friday in New York as part of the Christie's Important ...