A local city council has approved a massive intermodal project BNSF positioned as a linchpin for the future of rail freight ...

It’s rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally different the day after a major construction project was completed from ...

Plate 227, "East and West shaking hands at laying of the last rail," Promontory Summit, Utah. Photograph was taken by Andrew Russell on May 10, 1869. General Dodge, chief engineer for Union Pacific, ...

Officers and directors of Union Pacific at the laying of the last rail, Promontory Summit, Utah, May 10, 1869. Image taken by Andrew Russell. It’s very rare that we can say a nation was fundamentally ...

Amazing America's Luke Morris shares the story of one of the most historic train treks ever. Golden Spike National Historical Park is a lasting monument to the Transcontinental Railroad that united ...

On 10 May 1869, history was hammered into the ground in Promontory, Utah. Shortly after noon on a sunny spring day, hundreds of onlookers gathered in a tent city, hastily constructed in the ...