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 ...

Before Nov. 18, 1883, more than 100 local times existed across North America. U.S. and Canadian railroads adopted standard ...

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 ...

About 20 people on Monday evening heard the tales of two railroads that elevated Rockford, then Shanes Crossing, to a ...

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 ...

The New York Central System was a vast and legendary railroad, connecting the East Coast to the Mississippi River. A key ...

Exactly 141 years ago at high noon, time changed forever in America. In Boston, time moved forward 16 minutes. In Baltimore 6. New Yorkers lost about 4 minutes. Those in Atlanta said goodbye to 22 ...