The first Transcontinental Railroad was finished officially in 1869, and it connected the western and eastern United States.

Executives from Canadian National, CPKC, CSX, and Norfolk Southern poured cold water on talk about potential Class I railroad ...

Members of New York City’s thriving Chinese community hope a recent City Council resolution will help educate New Yorkers ...

With that one act, Stanford marked the completion of the transcontinental railroad. This 1877 photo ... narrative of anti-Asian racism codified first in sentiment, then in law in America.

“The construction of the Transcontinental (Railroad ... “Instead, he was a manipulator.” When Dodge first began building the railroad, he found that Durant and his “minions” were ...

1869, in Promontory, Utah, the final spike (also known as the Golden Spike) was driven into the ground. That spike joined the rail lines of would become the country’s first Transcontinental ...

State officials finalized a landmark agreement with Union Pacific Railroad that modernizes a century-old lease for the Moffat Tunnel, setting the stage for expanded mountain passenger rail service ...

It’s important to give space to Native artists in ways that aren’t confined to heritage month or history museums.” ...

which completed America’s first transcontinental railroad in 1869. “This all has to do with the Golden Spike,” said Ken Buehler, museum executive director. “It signified the completion of ...

The club’s vice president, Phil “Trip” Tripician, explained that the golden spike was a nod to the one used to join the two halves of the United States’ first transcontinental railroad in ...

As the son of an orphan, David Jacinto grew up knowing almost nothing about his mom’s side of the family. His mom told him everything she knew about her biological great-great-grandparents, which led ...

The newly unveiled Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616 and Cheyenne's Big Boy No. 4014 will meet up twice this ...