I will attempt to clarify a rather “interesting” indirect exchange involving Union Pacific’s Jim Vena, who hopes to one day head the first East-West U.S. transcontinental Class I railroad, and BNSF’s ...

You rarely hear anyone rave about Nebraska. In fact, it might just be America’s most-maligned state. Before visiting, I’d ...

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Minnesota Commercial Railway has joined the growing number of railroads with locomotives commemorating the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in 2026, introducing B23-7 No. 76 in red, white, and ...

During a wellness check in February 2023, a Cook County sheriff’s deputy discovered 92-year-old Anna Vargas lying face down on the floor near the body of her son, who had diabetes and had died of ...

Phoebe Sykes knew Torrance when it was mostly dusty fields, broken up by occasional encampments of workers on construction ...

A train wreck that caused the death of more than a dozen commuters near the turn of the 20th century was the impetus behind a ...

Hollenbeck’s advocacy swayed legislators, and in 1981 the state purchased the remaining portion of the rail, from Easton to Idaho, for $1.9 million, calling it the John Wayne Pioneer Trail in honor of ...

In 1979, the Supreme Court heard the case of Leo Sheep Co. v. United States, which questioned whether the federal government had a right to build a road through private land in the checkerboard ...

There will be several delays on roads in Red Bluff and the Los Molinos area in coming weeks, the Tehama County Public Works ...

Lincoln was a man of great vision, whose ambitions for America were not limited to the preservation of the union and the abolition of slavery. He wanted his presidency to end with the country ...

Former Editor Neil Besougloff purchased this manuscript in 2002, and wondered why it hadn’t been used. I found the answer ...