Trains revolutionized transportation in the US. People were no longer dependent on horse-drawn carriages and natural waterways to move across the country. The rapid spread of railroads made the ...

The US's railroad network is made up of around 140,000 miles of track, but many of our trains are slow and outdated. Over the last couple of decades, countries like China, Japan, the UK ...

Maps produced by the U.S. High Speed Rail Association (USHSR) show how a new 17,000-mile-long high-speed rail network could ...

Marshall Pass, Westside was made by American photographer William Henry Jackson in 1881–1896. This work of art lives at the Getty Center. Find out if it's on view. When you hear the clatter of wheels ...

These fun and fact-filled documentaries span the history and development of the railroad industry, from the building of the first trans-continental line to the height of steam engine operations ...

As Bob approached retirement in the late 1990s, several of us railroad editors began to be concerned about our future needs, and we worked with Art to get other designers more involved in map making.

Michael presents his second American rail route using the Appleton's guide, this time along a great axis of the pioneers follow-up west of the Appalachians, across the great barrier stream ...