Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

In the early twentieth century, railroads provided remote communities with a vital link to the outside world. The 1883 arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad provided reliable transportation for the people of Missoula and served as a commercial boon for ...

West Florida Railroad Museum

Chug your way up to Milton for a full day of fun at the West Florida Railroad Museum, where train cars of every size transport us to the past.

Toy trains have intrigued Ed Dice for as long as he ...

Florida Railroad Museum

The Florida Railroad Museum is on a mission to acquire, refurbish and operate historic railroad rolling stock, with an emphasis on Florida-routed cars and locomotives.

It's Sunday afternoon at the Florida Railroad Museum in Parrish, and a crowd – toddlers, ...

Western and Atlantic Railroad Zero Milepost

The Zero Milepost stands as a reminder of the early railroad days and the birth of the city of Atlanta. This stone milepost marks the southeastern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. It was this railroad that provided the ...

B and O Railroad Station

"No malice in my heart"

At this intersection, President Abraham Lincoln spoke from a railroad car platform to Frederick residents assembled in the street on October 4, 1862. He had just returned from viewing the battlefields of South Mountain and ...

Hojack Railroad

Opened as Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg RR, 1876. Fruit shipments by rail made Hilton prosper & grow. Last train ran March 31, 1978.

Marker is at the intersection of East Avenue and Railroad Avenue on East Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cedar City Railroad Depot

Utah Historic Site

Built in 1923, the Cedar City Railroad Depot is historically significant for its direct association with the railroad and its impact on Cedar City. In addition to stimulating the local iron ore and livestock industries, the railroad connection ...

The Crossing at Scioto County / The Underground Railroad

Historic Underground Railroad Site

The Crossing at Scioto County (front)

The Ohio River was a formidable obstacle for escaping slaves. Many runaways from Kentucky were aided by James Poindexter, an African-American barber and local resident, who picked up fugitives in Kentucky and ...

The Underground Railroad in Pike County

Historic Underground Railroad Site

An Elm Grove abolitionist maintained a lonely Underground Railroad station where he provided safety for escaping enslaved persons. These fugitives were attempting to travel the unfriendly route from Houston Hollow in Scioto County to safe places in ...

Cloud-Climbing Railroad

In order to provide timber for the construction of his El Paso & Northeastern Railroad north of Alamagordo, Charles B. Eddy in 1898 built a spur into the Sacramento Mountains. The line operated as far as Cloudcroft until 1947. The ...