It also explores the role of women and Chinese workers in building the transcontinental railroad. There are also exhibits on toy trains and the world of model railroading. Following recent line ...

Canada already had two transcontinental railroads, the Canadian Pacific and the Canadian Northern, so why not a third?

Sacramento features lots of attractions, some with a bit of the Old West Flavor. Visitors can swagger into old Sacramento or ...

One of the remaining pieces of the transcontinental railroad era ... Interstate 80 will be demolished by Union Pacific Railroad. “The building had safety issues and will be removed ...

The earliest tunnels in Southern California were built for shelter, or mining purposes, but as civilization encroached, the ...

There is the abridged story of Omaha’s most famous set of brothers, Edward and John Creighton.

Did you know that in 1884 that John Foy’s mill between the Foys lakes was considered the first water-powered sawmill in the ...

In January 2023, the “Arizona Spike” — an iron, gold, and silver spike from the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 sold for $2.22 million [see “‘Arizona Spike’ sells …,” Trains News ...