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1882 – The first train between Cincinnati, Ohio , and Dayton, Ohio , delayed by poor trackwork on the Cincinnati Northern Railway , arrives in Dayton; it departed Cincinnati on January 9 .

1883 – The second Transcontinental Railroad line in North America is completed as the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks from Los Angeles, California , meet the Galveston, Harrisburg And San Antonio at the Pecos River . The golden spike is driven by Col. Tom Pierce , the GH&SA president, atop the Pecos River High Bridge .

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