A forgotten 1800s railroad helped pave the way for the country's first superhighway, marking the dawn of high-speed American ...
Jul. 2—Terre Hauteans know railroads, like it or not. With more than 40 crossings in the city, folks routinely get to watch the train cars roll by, one by one by one. Still, getting railroaded doesn't ...
For decades in the 19th century, thousands of escaped slaves sought freedom using the so-called Underground Railroad, trying to reach northern states and Canada. In Natick, Edward Walcott was a well ...
OLD FORT - As the two Norfolk Southern locomotives tug dozens of rail cars up the mountain through the town's famous section of track called "the Loops," there is no indication the train is passing ...
STORIES. WE’RE ABOUT A HALF MILE, I WOULD SAY, FROM THE RIVER, FROM THE FRONT PORCH OF THE HISTORIC MIFFLIN HOUSE IN YORK COUNTY. YOU CAN GET A PEEK AT THE SUSQUEHANNA. BACK IN THE EARLY 1800S, THE ...