Michael Hiltzik tells California's story with a journalist’s reluctance to take anything at face value and a distrust of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...

Union Pacific wants to lease the Eugene Yard to Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad. Here's what community members and rail ...

DONNER PASS: The Central Pacific's daunting challenge to cross ... Home of the preserved Nevada Northern copper railroad - original shops, locomotives, route - is a step back in time.

Woodburn is asking Union Pacific Railroad to voluntarily make changes, including reducing train speed, to improve safety after a recent fatality.

Following recent line upgrades, those yearning to revisit the old days can hop on the museum-operated Sacramento Southern Railroad train, which departs from the Central Pacific Railroad Freight ...