American and Canadian railroads enacted time zones — a concept that schedules all aspects of life today — on this day in history, Nov. 18, 1883. The rail industry's creation of time zones was a brazen ...

Hidden off Peace Street inside a no-man’s-land of weeds and gravel, a relic of Raleigh’s steel-rail past still rumbles and clangs like a steam-powered ghost. The turntable for the old Raleigh & Gaston ...

On Nov. 18, 1883, the scene at a Chicago railroad station reminded a Tribune reporter of the biblical story of Joshua commanding the sun to stand still. “At about a quarter to 12 o’clock, Chicago time ...

Many train stations, like the one that once stood just off State Street in Montpelier, were designed with prominent clocks. Before the nation’s railroads established a standard time in 1883, the ...

Towns sprang up to take advantage of riverboat traffic. In 1854, riverboat companies combined to form the California Steam Navigation Company, which monopolized the freight and passenger trade until ...

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The Sunset Route, completed on Feb. 5, 1883, runs from New Orleans to Southern California. It was built to include Southern and Southwestern states who were not able to use the transcontinental ...

Daylight saving time starts the second Sunday each March, meaning Colorado will switch back from standard time and "spring ...