When the signal from the spike came through, the cannons fired. The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage.

“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 ...

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

Settling the West,” a concert of music inspired by the completion of the transcontinental railroad and the oil fields of the ...

ALBANY — THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS WHO HELPED BUILD the Transcontinental Railroad are being honored both at the NY municipal and state levels, thanks to a resolution that Assemblymember William ...

During the mid-1800s, three private companies, exploiting migrant labor, completed the first transcontinental railroad in six years, the 19th-century equivalent of a moonshot. Private passenger ...

The day — which would coincide with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10, 1869 — would recognize and celebrate the thousands of Chinese railroad workers whose contributions have ...

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 ...