When America rode the rails (1870) Across the vast American landscape, railcars carried more than passengers and freight; they transported dreams, ambitions, and the very essence of a nation in ...

Read the history of Streamliners in America.July 7, 1862 Congress authorizes the construction of a transcontinental railroad with federal land grants under the first Pacific Railway Act. The Union ...

Read the history of Streamliners in America.1830 There are 23 miles of railroad in the United States. May 11, 1844 Samuel Morse sends the first long-distance telegraph message from Supreme Court ...

Look!"), but it's a thing of nostalgia. How it came be that way is the subject of "Streamliners: America's Lost Trains," a presentation of PBS's American Experience (9 tonight on Channel 8.) ).

Streamliners caused a stir throughout the U.S. when they made their debut in the 1930s. These trains had a smooth, sleek design. But they didn’t just look neat; they were fast, some of them ...

The N.C. Transportation Museum’s “Streamliners at Spencer” is three days of rail fan nirvana. Twenty-six streamliner locomotives, built in the 1930s through the 1950s, will be gathered at ...

SPENCER — The N.C. Transportation Museum’s upcoming Streamliners at Spencer event will host one of the rarest and most sought after diesel locomotives in existence. The American Locomotive ...