Mergers have become a hot topic in some railroad boardrooms in recent months amid stagnant rail volume, revenue, and stock prices. Some see a U.S. transcontinental merger as a way to jumpstart volume ...

But some of their family members say their contributions have been forgotten. The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United ...

The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United States. Supreme Court backs Republican lawmaker in Maine who was punished for ...

The Mexican navy tall ship that struck the Brooklyn Bridge late Saturday has set sail annually for the last four decades as the culmination of its cadets’ training in a transcontinental journey.

There were a variety of topics covered in this episode, including: Crédit Mobilier fraud, the need for Chinese workers as well as their mistreatment, difficulties with completing specific portions of ...

It was the year when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railroad Act into law. That law authorized the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, which would connect the eastern ...

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Riding the railroad, Amtrak style. A Northeast Regional train makes a station stop at Culpeper, Va. Carl Swanson Interested in riding the railroad? One of the best windows on the railroad world are ...

Lincoln had signed the bill that made Idaho a territory in 1863 and construction on the transcontinental railroad began that same year. Central Pacific and Union Pacific started laying track in ...

That was bolstered in the 1860s by Chinese laborers recruited to build the western portion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Starting toward the end of the 19th century, Japanese immigration ...