01 Apr Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Campo, California is not on the road to anywhere; you are not likely to just happen upon this museum. But if you care about the history of American railroads, it's a must-see destination....
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04 May Freight Train in the High Desert
Of the many vistas that Nevada has to offer, I never tire of the way the desert can present an entire freight train, in one ultra-wide glance, from the first engine to the final freight car....
27 Nov RR Tracks Through Reno
From the time the Central Pacific pushed the Transcontinental Railroad through Reno in 1868 the tracks bisected the city north and south....
24 Nov Palisade
Beyond its burial grounds, there is little left of this mining and railroading settlement along the Humboldt River....
30 Oct Wells: 2008 Earthquake Damage
On the morning of February 21, 2008, a 6.0 earthquake devastated the town's historic Front Street district. Some twenty buildings were damaged, perhaps beyond repair....
12 Oct Donner Summit Railroad Tunnels
After two years of construction the Central Pacific Railroad sent its first passenger trains through the Summit Tunnel at Donner Pass in November of 1867. The tunnel was the most difficult engineering challenge of the Transcontinental Railroad....
05 Oct Reno RR Trench Archaeology
Excavation in 2004 for the Reno railroad trench uncovered a Native American village site north of the Truckee River. ...