“In 1908, there were nine passenger trains each way from Washington to Pittsburgh. You could get on a train in Washington and be in the city in less than an hour. Bridgeville to Carnegie: seven ...

CHEYENNE – Join the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum when it kicks off a new lecture series with Jim Ehernberger, who will present a historical look at early railroads. The program will be from ...

Searching for remnants of our local history is one of my favorite pastimes, and I recently set out to locate the last vestiges of the 1875 “Battle for the Cajon Pass,” between the mighty Southern ...

The first tracks. From wagonways to railroads ; The father of railroads ; Powering the engine ; The first American railroads ; The early years of American steam ; Europe takes to the rails ; Map : ...