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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A massive snow-fighting machine has rumbled into the California State Railroad Museum roundhouse for its annual winter visit.