To commemorate 200 years of American rail in 2027, the B&O Railroad Museum has launched the website Americanrail200.org. This ...

David Alff is an expert in the 18th-century Anglophone world who can speak to the news media on a variety of topics in the areas of history and literature. His most recent book “The Northeast Corridor ...

As always, we tried to it as simple as possible, but in a comprehensive way. We tried to give you an overview of the development of the American railways from their beginnings until modern days, with ...

Barbara Stanwyck in a still from the 1939 Cecil B. DeMille movie, “Union Pacific.” (Barbara Stanwyck papers, American Heritage Center) The American Heritage Center (AHC) at the University of Wyoming ...

American history has always been made of the railway. It is a means of transportation and a source of economic growth, and of ...

THE DETAILS ON THIS. BAILEY. YEAH, GUYS, IT’S BEEN SINCE 2002 THAT THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND NOW, 20 YEARS LATER, IT IS FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION. THE RAILROAD MUSEUM OF ...