Wildlife Prairie Park is celebrating the creation of America’s first transcontinental railroad with a “Train Day” event on May 10, featuring interactive train rides, tours, and ...

On May 10, 1869, a golden spike was driven in a ceremony in Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States. In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green ...

The latest heritage unit to join Union Pacific’s fleet honors Abraham Lincoln, who enabled the building of the ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union Pacific has unveiled its Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive, honoring the president who ...

Almost a decade after Amtrak cancelled “National Train Day,” an outreach promotion launched in 2008 designed to familiarize ...

A new program providing an alternative response to mental health-related 911 calls has been officially launched in Oklahoma City. These one-of-a-kind townhomes got an incredible new look for the ...

Illinois started buying junk cars; today, his classics collection is one of the biggest and most impressive in the world ...

Scottish nobles recognize the authority of English King Edward I. 1503: Christopher Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands. 1534: French ...

When the two roads met—a convergence comparable to the 1869 linking of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Summit, Utah—Roman ... below us, golden fields of wheat ...