In 1869, the first-ever American transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, then in the Utah Territory. Passengers and cargo from the industrial cities of the Northeast could make ...
OMAHA, Nebraska & ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) and Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) today filed an application with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 1885 construction crew builds a train crossing above the Green River in the Cascade Mountains, Washington. In 1804, a British ...