They performed the most arduous and dangerous work despite racism, lower pay than white workers, curtailed food rations, and threats of violence from white railroad bosses. But in the famous 1869 ...

Union Pacific has marked Presidents Day by announcing plans for a locomotive to honor the nation’s 16th president, Abraham ...

The paint scheme of locomotive No. 1616 will feature “the unique colors of Lincoln’s era,” UP (NYSE: UNP) said in a press release. It also honors steam locomotive No. 119, one of the two engines ...

The weakening of the railways is forcing the working class into expensive automobile transport, reinforcing social isolation and economic exclusion.

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

President Abraham Lincoln did not just unify the nation through war but also envisioned the uniting of America from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the building of the transcontinental railroad.

During Black History Month and beyond, locals and visitors alike can take in the "Many Voices" exhibit at Hildene, the ...

Builders of the first transcontinental telegraph line and ... graded the streets of Toledo and built several miles of railroad in Missouri. They arrived in Omaha with other family members in ...

US voices argue vigorously that the 2018 China Initiative should not be brought back. However, Republicans now control the White House.