On the morning of May 26, 1934, a shimmering silver locomotive pulled out of Denver's Union Station bound for Chicago. The Zephyr was unlike any train seen before. Powered by a revolutionary compact ...

There are 23 miles of railroad in the United States. President Millard Fillmore signs the first Railroad Land Grant Act. By encouraging railroad construction in undeveloped territories, particularly ...

The City of San Francisco was 30 minutes late when it pulled out of Carlin, Nevada on the evening of Aug. 12, 1939. The train was America’s most luxurious streamliner, launched the year before to ...

Despite the flurry of camera phones furiously snapping photos as the train pulled into the station, I felt like I'd drifted back in time. The effect was due to the train itself, the private, three-car ...

For decades, the former Fred Harvey restaurant at Los Angeles’ Union Station sat vacant, its soaring ceiling and Art Deco, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Southwestern design elements hidden from the ...

With the coming of daylight saving, U.S. railroads hiked the number of lightweight streamline trains to 115, up 75% in 17 months. Before 1941’s end, at least 20 more will be added. Meantime many other ...

The City of San Francisco was 30 minutes late when it pulled out of Carlin, Nevada on the evening of Aug. 12, 1939. The train was America’s most luxurious streamliner, launched the year before to ...