The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad train was descending a grade on a stretch of track past Lonaconing on its way to ...

published in 1872. In this excerpt from the book's fourth chapter, Twain describes his 1861 journey by mule-drawn express mail coach, in the days before the railroad, and compares it to a ...

There is more to understanding railroad wayside signals than simply ... The invention of the track circuit in 1872 by William ...

The court dismissed a petition by Anderson County to weigh in after a February state court ruling. The decision clears the path for Union Pacific to close its heavy freight repair shop and eliminate ...

Launched in late 1871 by Tom Scott, the president of the powerful Pennsylvania Railroad, the South Improvement ... Fourteen-year-old Ida Tarbell, the daughter of one of them, witnessed the ...

Tucked away in the Kuchchh district of Gujarat, this coastal gem has pristine beaches, historic shipyards, and the majestic ...

Over the course of this series on our Alameda architectural treasures, we’ve looked at many fine homes that have noteworthy ...

Timothy W. Townsend was born in a Quaker family turned Methodist, in 1844 in Ohio living in a house which was a stop on the ...

Visitors to the National Gallery of Art’s marquee exhibition, “Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment,” encounter two very ...

The grant “allowed us the opportunity to build grounded awareness for our dream of revitalizing the Henry Ossawa Tanner House ...

Like its London namesake, Cardiff Crossrail is the name of a plan to build a light-rail route through the middle of the Welsh ...

The Rodney House in Lewes is a perfect example of blended old and new. The home still has ... is inside a renovated church that was built in 1872. It still displays a few of the original pews ...