Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...

Lake Tahoe is beautiful, but this cute little mountain town in the Sierra Nevada is charming in a different way.

A photo of the Transcontinental Railroad’s completion at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869, is an iconic image in American history: Two steam engines face each other surrounded by a host of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DONNER SUMMIT, Calif. (KTXL) — Since rail ...

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to... The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is widely ...

Bruce Cassasa, co-founder of Friends of the Sierra Railroad and the historic shortline’s greatest friend, reached the end of his line late last year in Pahrump, Nevada. Cassasa, 83, was fatally ...

Railroads helped Nevada progress from an unsettled frontier territory to a growing, evolving state. More than 40 Nevada railroads linking cities, towns and mining camps launched the state into modern ...

The best place to view outstanding examples of Nevada railroad rolling stock — besides the excellent Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson City — is the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento ...