On May 10, 1869, Central Pacific Railroad President Leland Stanford, and former California governor, drove a golden rail ...

Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...

The upcoming closure of a train car service center on Mare Island will be a loss for Vallejo — but nothing like a shutdown more than a century ago of the Vallejo-based California Pacific Rail Road ...

FILE - In this April 28, 1869, file photo, workers laying tracks for Central Pacific Railroad pause for a moment at camp "Victory," a few miles from Promontory, Utah. The May 10, 1869, completion of ...

Next May 20 will mark the 150th anniversary of the ceremonial Last Spike being driven in Nevada City, linking the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad with the Central Pacific Railroad in Colfax. It ...

As many as 20,000 Chinese workers were recruited to build North America’s railways. Their descendants are still fighting for recognition, writes photographer Philip Cheung. A freight train passes ...