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Wait ... the Underground Railroad ran across the Rio Grande? A lost story surfaces.
The Christian Science Monitor· 6 hours agoMs. Bravo was raised along the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo County, Texas. Before emancipation,...
More people die in California by train collisions than any other state: data
KSWB articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — California leads the U.S. with the most fatal train collisions on ...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 10 hours agoAmtrak canceled several of its popular and picturesque cross-country routes this week in anticipation that a strike would render the freight rails such trains run on inoperable ...
Ideas & Opinions—George Boardman: Not all publicity is good, nothing’s changed, and price is no...
The Grass Valley Union· 11 hours agoCounty recently received the kind of publicity that’s golden for any place promoting tourism, but...
A massive locomotive will stop in Roseville
ABC 10 Sacramento· 5 hours agoUnion Pacific built 25 Big Boy locomotives in the 1940s to conquer mountains. No. 4014 is the world’s only functioning Big Boy.
Pittsburgh-area communities open cooling centers during heat wave
WPXI via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOpen Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Avonmore Center for Active Adults: 458 Railroad Ave,...
Are Longer Freight Trains Really More Likely to Derail?
Scientific American· 9 hours agoThe U.S. has no federal limit on freight train length, leaving the cost-conscious rail industry free...
Photos show 13 iconic landmarks as they were being constructed
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoBefore London's Tower Bridge was built in 1894, pedestrians had to cross the Thames river via...
Mystery WWII pilot’s past found: Story of romance, patriotism & loss
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoKlette, the Squadron Commander for the 324th ad the best pilot for the Squadron. For Frank , it...
Cop Leaps Out of the Way Just as Self-Driving Tesla Wipes Out His Cruiser
Futurism via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCrash Bandi-cop On Thursday, a driver behind the wheel of a Tesla slammed into a police cruiser that...