The Union Pacific Railroad / The Union Pacific Railroad

Part 1 (1867 - 1890) / Part 2 (1869 - 1890)

Part i

The story of the Union Pacific Railroad is also a story of Wyoming and particularly Cheyenne. One cannot be told without the telling of the other. It is no ...

Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot

Historic Brownsville Museum

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Southern Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot

Official Historical Medallion, Texas Historical Commission

This depot was built by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1928 as part of its extension into the Rio Grande Valley. A fine example of Spanish colonial revival ...

Erie & Kalamazoo Railroad

[Front Side of Marker]

The first railroad operated west of the Alleghenies, the Erie and Kalamazoo, was chartered on April 22, 1833 to connect Port Lawrence (later named Toledo) with the Kalamazoo River via Adrian. A horse-drawn car made the ...

Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

On April 22, 1833, the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad was granted a charter by the Legislature of the Territory of Michigan and was built and in operation a year before Michigan was a state. It was to connect Toledo (then ...

First Railroad

West of Allegheny Mountains - Tuscumbia, Courtland & Decatur RR.

Built 1833 to by-pass shoals in Tenn. River. Absorbed by Memphis & Charleston And by Southern Rwy. In 1898.

Marker is at the intersection of Wilson Street Northeast (U.S. 72) and Harborview ...

Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

Ohio Historical Marker

This rail line was the original route of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. The train made its initial run on October 3, 1836 from Toledo to Adrian, a ...

Altamont – Confederate Railroad Raid

On April 26, 1863, a detachment of Confederate Capt. John H. McNeill’s partisan rangers attacked the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facilities here at Altamont. They were part of a larger group that entered Oakland that Sunday as Confederate Gen. William ...

Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad

Ohio Historical Marker

This rail line was the original route of the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad, the first railroad to operate west of the Allegheny Mountains. The train made its initial run on October 3, 1836 from Toledo to Adrian, a ...

Westinghouse Railroad Air Brake

Before the success of his electric company, George Westinghouse developed the air brake for railroads. It was an innovative engineering feat that revolutionized rail transportation, enabling trains to be longer, heavier, and faster, while also being safer.

Marker is at the ...

Orange and Alexandria Railroad

Accotink Park Road lies on the right-of-way of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked markets in northern and central Virginia. Construction began in March 1850, and the line was extended to Manassas in 1851 and to Gordonsville in March ...