On the Gregorian calendar, it is 2019. On the Chinese calendar, in a few days it will be the year of the earth pig. In Utah, it is now officially the “year of the train.”
Gov. Gary Herbert declared that on Friday, as he announced the entertainment lineup for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike — which ceremonially completed the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Summit on May 10, 1869.
Celebrations will include original plays, operas and orchestral music to be performed by Broadway stars, the Utah Symphony, the Utah Opera and the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, among others.