The arrival of railroads in Summit County bolstered the area’s economic development by providing affordable freight transportation, initially for agriculture and mining enterprises. Union Pacific ...

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

In partnership with the NRHS, the 2025 Trains Photo Contest theme is: the last mile. Enter up to three photos by June 1, 2025.

Missouri Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, display a variety typical of their era. The “MoPac,” as it was called, ...

In early 1865 the Central Pacific had work ... Construction got a slow start in Omaha, Nebraska, eastern terminus of the Union Pacific Railroad. By April 1864 the jubilance of groundbreaking ...

After all, most of the United States replaced steam-powered locomotives in the late 1950s and early 1960s with ... a locomotive delivered by Union Pacific Railroad in December of 1941, still ...

Union Pacific Railroad is celebrating Presidents Day with the unveiling of its newest commemorative locomotive honoring ...