Builders of the transcontinental railroad faced geographical obstacles ... Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many workers' lives.

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 ...

As the Transcontinental Railroad knit the East Coast to the West Coast, the stories of those who worked on and died for it often went untold. The exhibition "The Other Side of the Tracks" at 516 Arts ...

A number of years ago the two of us flew to Denver, Colorado, to catch Amtrak’s California Zephyr as it headed west. The ...