In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act, which led to the completion of the Transcontinental ...

Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

On May 10, 1869, the transcontinental railroad was completed, finally allowing travel throughout the United States via train. This made transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in ...

Almost a decade after Amtrak cancelled “National Train Day,” an outreach promotion launched in 2008 designed to familiarize ...

Wildlife Prairie Park is celebrating the creation of America's first transcontinental railroad with a "Train Day" event on ...

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green ...

On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ...

This is the weekend of Saturday, May 10, and Sunday, May 11, the 130th and 131st day of 2025. There are 234 days left in the year as of Sunday.

Many Americans of Generation X and older will recall the red, white, and blue American Freedom Train that was a centerpiece ...

“If one argues that history is sort of a prism—that you look at the past in order to understand the present and the future—go no further than the transcontinental railroad,” says ...

Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled the Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive No. 1616, celebrating the pivotal role ...

History comes alive on the rails this weekend as the Lake Superior Railroad Museum gears up to celebrate National Train Day on Saturday, May 10th — the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, ...