from USGS maps to Rand McNally atlases to railroad-specific history books, sometimes even railroad corporate engineering documents. When he later began using Adobe's Illustrator software, he mastered ...

The transcontinental railroad's construction touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Some desired it, some built it, and some did everything in their power to stop it. Browse a photo ...

Only a small number of slaves traveled by the organized network of routes, "conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. African American men and women of all ages ...

Erin Kirkland In a city raised with the birth of its railroad system, it should come as no surprise that Anchorage's historic train depot marks the gateway to further Alaska adventures.