America’s railroads once connected towns, industries, and dreams from coast to coast - and their legacy still rumbles through history. Across the country, remarkable train museums preserve that golden ...

Ross E. Rowland Jr., a self-made commodities magnate who traded the cutthroat world of Wall Street for the romantic allure of steam locomotives, dedicating his considerable wealth and unyielding ...

December 25, 1830, the first regularly scheduled steam locomotive passenger train in the United States occurred. It was called the “Best Friend of Charleston,” and its initial run was six miles of ...