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 ...
Once a frontier town for loggers and cowboys, Truckee, near Lake Tahoe, has quickly grown into a hub of winter adventure—not ...
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, ...
The problems, coupled with destruction of a major grain-storage operation at the South Vallejo railhead, “marked the end of ...
Union Pacific wants to lease the Eugene Yard to Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad. Here's what community members and rail ...
the Central Pacific Railroad and the pivotal role this network played in the economic development of our nation.” Between 1865 and 1869, hundreds of Chinese workers lived at the camp ...
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.
A machine shop built in 1904 by Southern Pacific Railroad — one of the last pieces ... the brick structure was central to the bustling switchyard that earned Sparks its nickname, “Rail City.” ...
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 ...