The Advocate3d
Was there a connection between Baton Rouge and Lafayette before I-10's Atchafalaya Bridge?
"Can you give me an idea of what train lines used these tracks?" Jon A. Russo asked Curious Louisiana. "Just when was the ...
All aboard: 8 entertaining train and railroad attractions in San Diego County and Tijuana
In San Diego County, some of the oldest train tracks and rail lines date back over 140 years. The Southern Pacific and Santa ...
trains7d
Missouri Pacific history remembered
Missouri Pacific history is easier to understand if the railroad is considered in three parts: the lines west of St. Louis, ...
trains6d
Union Pacific begins demolition of Sparks, Nev., machine shop
Union Pacific has begun demolition on the former Southern Pacific machine shop in Sparks, a building that predates the city, ...
SanLuisObispo26d
These 13 women kept SLO’s railroad running during WWII. ‘A man’s job — but I can do it’
In 1988, the Southern Pacific roundhouse area was identified as a cleanup zone. The railroad is now owned by Union Pacific. The roundhouse was flattened shortly after the end of the steam era in ...
Reno Gazette-Journal28d
How to get a souvenir brick from historic Sparks railroad building slated for demolition
A key piece of Sparks' railroad history is set to disappear, but Nevadans can get a piece of that history. A machine shop built in 1904 by Southern Pacific Railroad — one of the last pieces of ...
The Pajaronian5d
A different view: our short train trip to Oakland
This was back in the early 70s. We hitchhiked out of San Diego on Highway 5 from Pacific Beach to Marysville, by Sacramento, ...
SFGate21d
The California train loop among '7 wonders of the railroad world'
Subsequently, trains from Chicago to the Bay Area also used the loop. When the spiral’s construction finished in 1876 on the Southern Pacific Line, it was considered one of the railroad world ...