and great-grandfather had all been railroad men, had success on Wall Street and then commemorated the centennial of the 1869 “golden spike” – the completion of the transcontinental railroad ...

It also explores the role of women and Chinese workers in building the transcontinental railroad. There are also exhibits on toy trains and the world of model railroading. Following recent line ...

Around the world, May 1 is considered International Workers' Day — a similar celebration to Labor Day in the United States — honoring the work and achievements of the labor movement.

For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended ...

His administration also gave us the Homestead Act that allowed settlers to claim government land, created the American system of land-grant colleges and helped build the Transcontinental Railroad.

MURRAY, Utah (KUTV) — Two Utah Transit Authority workers sustained life-altering injuries in a hit-and-run crash Thursday at a railroad crossing in Murray. One victim suffered a traumatic brain ...

America’s first transcontinental railroad. From the beginning, Sayre and Fritz were not content, that, however profitable, Bethlehem Iron would remain just a maker of iron rails. The University ...

If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get shorter and potentially safer under a pending legislative proposal. But some Democratic ...

Industry advocates are hailing a pioneering proposal in the Nevada Legislature that would shield sex workers from prosecution for some prostitution, controlled substance or vagrancy offenses when ...