On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ...

Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green ...

On May 10, 1869, the transcontinental railroad was completed, finally allowing travel throughout the United States via train. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in ...

State officials finalized a landmark agreement with Union Pacific Railroad that modernizes a century-old lease for the Moffat ...

Almost a decade after Amtrak cancelled “National Train Day,” an outreach promotion launched in 2008 designed to familiarize ...

Saturday, which was National Train Day, Union Pacific Railroad's Locomotive 1616 -- honoring the 16th president -- rolled ...

A golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

No. 1616’s paint scheme has the unique colors of Lincoln’s era and serves as a nod to locomotive No. 119, one of the two ...

“If one argues that history is sort of a prism—that you look at the past in order to understand the present and the future—go no further than the transcontinental railroad,” says ...