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The history of Idaho’s railroads and how they opened our state to the world. We explore the history of railroads in Idaho, from the late 1800’s to modern day. Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, the ...

Dave Daruszka opened a recent presentation on the history of Chicago’s railroads by blowing a handheld train whistle. “If you’re standing on the tracks and you hear this sound, you’re dead,” he told ...

For 133 years, Port Jervis was a bustling railroad city. From the chug-chug of steam engines to the sleek locomotives of the 1980s, trains were the highlight of this little river valley at the ...

The Last Spike 1881, a painting by Thomas Hill, depicts the ceremony held at Promontory Point, Utah, on May 10, 1869, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. Politicians love a ...

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 ...

IT is safe to say that no industry has been more continuously and scarchingly investigated than the steam railroads, and no other industry has had such wide and merciless publicity in reference to its ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — This weekend marks 12 years since a Guinness World Record was set at the Wilmington Convention Center for the longest model railroad in the world. Completed on April 23, 2011, ...

Atlanta exists because of the railroad. A newly-gifted railroad archive will help tell the story of Atlanta. In 1836 the state of Georgia decided to build the Western & Atlantic railroad to link ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 133 years, Port Jervis was a bustling railroad city. From the chug-chug of steam engines to the sleek locomotives of the 1980s ...