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Modesto celebrates its reborn 1915 depot, a hub for expanded passenger rail in the future
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLocal leaders gathered Thursday at the newly renovated Modesto Transit Center, a hub for bus service...
Feds award $20 million to restore old Fresno train depot. How it ties in with high-speed rail
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA $20 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will help pay for restoration of...
History: Road to the rise and demise of Edom
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScratched through the hot sand, the road was much wanted by the ranchers and farmers of Edom. Named for the biblical desert by the Southern Pacific...
Historic Indio school bell, symbol of perseverance, to be restored, preserved
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIndio started as a railroad town. As railroads began to cross the country at the end of the 19th...
Bridges history column: Jay Gould laid foundation of Texas railroad, national network
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe late 1800s was the age of the railroad. Trains steamed across the hills, valleys, and plains of...
Lengthy road closures for high-speed rail worry Fresno mayor: ‘I stuck my neck out’
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFor going on seven years, traffic between downtown Fresno and the nearby historic Chinatown district...
Fresno has big hopes for high-speed rail to spur downtown renaissance. What’s the grand plan?
Fresno Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFor more than a decade, city of Fresno leaders have pinned at least part of their hopes for...
Where are the Cincinnati Southern Railway tracks? From Queensgate to Ludlow and beyond
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEditor's note: This story has been updated to note that the Ludlow depot was torn down in 1972, not...
Modesto’s delayed ACE rail service could get a jump start with temporary station
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoModesto restored its 1915 downtown depot in anticipation of the Altamont Corridor Express. But the...
Museum lecture series to focus on the historic Southern Pacific Depot in east Bakersfield
The Bakersfield Californian via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 18—The Kern County Museum's lecture series is on track Wednesday to present what could be one of its most popular and timely topics so far this year: the future of the historic Southern ...