The midstate has emerged as an important flashpoint around creating America’s first true transcontinental railroad and ...

The Smithsonian is marking the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad beginning May 10 with a series of displays, programs, a symposium and online resources that tell new stories and bring ...

The transcontinental railroad revolutionized travel and commerce in America, transforming Omaha, Nebraska, from a shantytown into a key hub for westward expansion. To understand Omaha's role in the ...

Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern have filed an historic application to create the nation's first transcontinental railroad. For more information, visit AmericasGreatConnection.com. The ...

Now 150 years after the two halves of the first transcontinental railroad were united, the Chinese workers who did some of the most difficult work get their due. Los Angeles Times: "Chinese immigrants ...

On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah, a boisterous crowd gathered to witness the completion of one of the greatest engineering feats of the 19th century: the building of the transcontinental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this May 10, 1869, file photo, provided by the Union Pacific, railroad officials and employees celebrate the completion ...

A new agreement between two railroad giants, Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation, will create America’s first transcontinental railroad, to be called the Union Pacific ...

For decades, a patchwork of regional rail networks across the United States have been forced to grapple with the same headache: Interchanges, where cargo is handed from one rail line to another.

Archaeologists from the Utah State Historic Preservation Office have uncovered the first Chinese house for transcontinental railroad workers in the U.S. during an excavation of a ghost town in Terrace ...