A nearly 600-acre meadow in the Sierra Nevada, north of Truckee, is now public land and part of the Tahoe National Forest.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a ...

These five traits of the Western Pacific Railroad show a small Class I railroad in the western U.S. that stood tall during ...

Builders of the transcontinental railroad faced geographical obstacles ... Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many workers' lives.

The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...