The International-Great Northern Railroad, which arrived in Austin on Dec. 28, 1876, was formed in 1873 by merging previously ...

The legislation establishes the Interstate Commerce Commission to control aspects of the railroad industry, the first in America to be subject to regulation by a federal government agency.

This was America’s first railroad junction and was a sign of things to come. They also had a basin for canal boats. Shortly after, more railroads were emanating from Schenectady: the Utica ...

The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to the forefront of the world's stage. The World Grew Smaller One day later, the first ...

As America expanded into the Wild ... gallery to journey back in time to the nation’s first locomotive, steam through the Golden Age of Rail and terminate once again in the present day ...