"Can you give me an idea of what train lines used these tracks?" Jon A. Russo asked Curious Louisiana. "Just when was the ...

Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...

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The earliest tunnels in Southern California were built for shelter, or mining purposes, but as civilization encroached, the region’s mountainous terrain required tunnels for railroads, aqueducts, and ...

One man who looks back at Mahon in admiration is Scott Inman, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad History Center and a longtime friend of Mahon's. In assessing Mahon's career, Inman evokes ...

The Southern Pacific Railroad acquired all of the necessary ... Today, with the data history has given us, we can see how inadequate they were. In some places, one could jump over them." ...