Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...
Builders of the transcontinental railroad faced geographical obstacles across the entire line. But none were quite as formidable as the snowy granite mountain range rising east of Sacramento. Getting ...
A feat as worthy as man walking on the moon 50 years ago came almost one century before that monumental achievement when East met West. On May 10, 1869, a golden spike driven into the connecting ...
A photo of the Transcontinental Railroad’s completion at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, is an iconic image in American history: Two steam engines face each other surrounded by a host of ...
Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to... The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. (KTXL) — Since rail ...
Bruce Cassasa, co-founder of Friends of the Sierra Railroad and the historic shortline’s greatest friend, reached the end of his line late last year in Pahrump, Nevada. Cassasa, 83, was fatally ...
With the opening last Sunday of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, Nevada County’s role in 19th and 20th century railroad history became well documented. Not only was the western county ...
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