Rail travel has long captured the imagination of people, from the first transcontinental journeys in North America and Australia to groundbreaking British trains and incredible advancements by the ...

sleeping in the rear cars of the train before the other train hit, but failed. It was his “greatest disappointment,” he said at the ceremony. Many remarks made during the ceremony drew parallels ...

Maps of the routes of the railroads on lining pages. Before 1900. Early poster antecedents ; The rise of competition ; The lure of the place ; 1890s: "Reason why" advertising ; The lithographed ...