Union Pacific has begun demolition on the former Southern Pacific machine shop in Sparks, a building that predates the city, ...

Snowdrifts stranded the vehicle in the Sierra Nevada in January 1952, imprisoning 226 people traveling from Chicago to ...

WASHINGTON – Norfolk Southern today asked a federal court to dismiss the Justice Department’s lawsuit over the railroad’s ...

The earliest tunnels in Southern California were built for shelter, or mining purposes, but as civilization encroached, the ...

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A historic machine shop built in 1904 by Southern Pacific Railroad as part of its railyard operations will be torn down, according to the city of Sparks. The massive brick structure on Nugget ...

In San Diego County, some of the oldest train tracks and rail lines date back over 140 years. The Southern Pacific and Santa ...