Bob Young was a man of grandiose ideas and supreme self-confidence who felt it his destiny to create a great transcontinental railroad system that would put to shame the 19th century railroad ...

Union Pacific Railroad has notified employees in the East Texas town of Palestine that their jobs — kept in place by an 1872 ...

The remnants of a railroad that went bankrupt in 1888 have become one of the highest-flying stocks in the oil patch—and one of the top performers in any sector this year. Shares of Texas Pacific ...

A proposed Harriet Tubman scenic byway that would take visitors on a 550-mile self-guided tour throughout New York dedicated ...

A new virtual museum that shows artifacts found at the Maryland home where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her teenage ...