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America’s Railroads Are in Trouble–With or Without a Strike
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRail cars in Santa Teresa, New Mexico,, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Credit - Paul Ratje/Bloomberg...
A look back on the 1st transcontinental railroad
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoThe Pacific Railway Act of 1862 brought about the first transcontinental railroad. Check out the photographs and illustrations that depict what it was...
It wasn’t so long ago that workers still hammered railroad spikes by hand. Here’s a look
San Luis Obispo Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHere are a few railroad practices that were common in the 1980s but not today. Freight trains used...
Column: Greedy railroads are to blame for rail strike threat. Why should Congress help them?
LA Times via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe rail strike is looming because the railroads are refusing to give their workers paid sick days,...
Exhibit at California State Railroad Museum honors Chinese railroad workers
CBS News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build...
Rivers and railroads: When trains derail, water is often nearby. Blame decisions made 150 years ago.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. – The kayaker floating down the Colorado River looked up from a peaceful...
Op-Ed: No rail strike for now, but workers aren't done fighting
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPassengers on a platform to board a train at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. Metrolink said...
Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these Valley cities have in common when founded?
Merced Sun-Star via AOL· 2 years agoA hundred years ago in the San Joaquin Valley, forming a municipal corporation of the Sixth Class...
Government officials, philanthropists celebrate the golden spike
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn artist rendering of the future Golden Spike State Monument, which will be located in Brigham...
10 outdoor sites to learn more about Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander heritage
Stacker via AOL· 1 month agoMalachi Jacobs // Shutterstock Since the nation's earliest days, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians,...