The University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center (AHC) hosts a moderated railroad storytelling panel, titled “War, Work ...

Explore Belmont, Nebraska’s forgotten railroad town—tunnels, tracks, ruins, and headstones that whisper stories of the ...

BNSF owns nearly all the track in the state and splits a western U.S. railroad duopoly with Union Pacific, which checks in at 32,693 miles. A large chunk of the nation’s freight is moved by BNSF, ...

Over 100 years ago, the completion of a 105-mile railroad connected Spokane to rail lines across the country. While the tracks above the Monroe Street Bridge have long been demolished, a new plaque ...

Trump told Fox News that Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena asked him to send troops to Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago, three cities ...

Fort Fred Steele in Carbon County was the setting for a legendary Old West Wyoming showdown. It was 1878 when Old Jim Gregory ...

Cheyenne train enthusiast Michael Pannell is restoring a 113-year-old Union Pacific boxcar. Although passersby may think the ...

The shooting comes as ICE is a little less than a week into an immigration enforcement operation in Chicago that it has ...

Originally known as Pusher, then Upper Soda Springs, and later Dunsmuir’s, the town finally settled on its current name in honor of Alexander Dunsmuir, a coal baron who promised to donate a fountain ...

Book! We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming release of our first-ever e-book: a curated compilation of 100 Railways Explained scripts, filled with insights, facts, and rail stories from across the ...

Union Pacific Railroad Museum is planning a series of author talks beginning later this month. The museum announced three authors will visit Council Bluffs this fall, including: • Alessandra La Rocca, ...

There are many examples of local governments preserving a sense of place in their communities. In 2005, voters in Ogunquit, ...