The Leviathan locomotive was a steam locomotive built in 1838 by Robert Stephenson and Company. It was built for the Great Western Railway and was one of the largest locomotives of its time, measuring ...
Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...
Workers of the Central Pacific Railroad: Chinese peasants from the Canton Province began arriving on California's shores in 1850, pushed by poverty and overpopulation from their homeland — and ...
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 1.--Sheriff Turner, of Provo City, who had charge of the party which captured the Central Pacific train robbers, yesterday made the following statement: View Full Articl ...
The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...