Bob Young was a man of grandiose ideas and supreme self-confidence who felt it his destiny to create a great transcontinental railroad system that would put to shame the 19th century railroad ...

Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 contract with the county — will be eliminated following a decision Friday ...

The latter half of the 19th century saw the "golden age" of the American cowboy; newly-built railroad lines made it easier to transport cattle from the western plains to the east coast ...

Comparing 1900 to 1800, Americans were reminded that at the beginning of the 19th century there were no railroads, telegraphs, steamboats, electricity, kerosene, telephones, reapers, plumbing ...

The long-standing legal battle over the railroad company's shop stems from an 1872 agreement that kept operations planted in ...