"Can you give me an idea of what train lines used these tracks?" Jon A. Russo asked Curious Louisiana. "Just when was the ...

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In San Diego County, some of the oldest train tracks and rail lines date back over 140 years. The Southern Pacific and Santa ...

In 1988, the Southern Pacific roundhouse area was identified as a cleanup zone. The railroad is now owned by Union Pacific. The roundhouse was flattened shortly after the end of the steam era in ...

A key piece of Sparks' railroad history is set to disappear, but Nevadans can get a piece of that history. A machine shop built in 1904 by Southern Pacific Railroad — one of the last pieces of ...

It was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad, primarily with Chinese laborers, and construction took a year and a half. When it was opened, the San Fernando Tunnel was the most important single ...

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

A photo of the Southern Pacific Railroad as it approaches the bridge it constructed to cross the Atchafalaya River. The railroad was preceded the U.S. 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge as a direct route ...