Railroad industry

The B&O Railroad Museum shares and preserves the storied legacy and experiences of American railroading. Come see where it began!

unknown photographer. Trains at Paddington Station. London. 1900s

Demolished industrial areas of Los Angeles

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High quality photograph of Penn Central E-44 # PC 4414 at Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

On this day in 1869, the two sides of the first transcontinental railroad met in Promontory, Utah. What started as a competition between two dueling companies, ended with nearly 2,000 miles of track and the first railroad line that stretched the entire width of the United States. Learn more in our Trains Unit!

High quality photograph of Trailer Train Corporation Wheel # TTX 553961 at Irondale, Alabama, USA.

In a new travelling exhibition, the significance of the transcontinental railroad, finished in 1869, will be celebrated in a series of images capturing its arduous construction through to its triumphant completion

Talyllyn Railway, Wales

High quality photograph of Canadian National Railway GE ES44AC # CN 2800 at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Steam Locomotives

Rare is the science book that can hold even an average reader’s attention. But The Stairway to Life does just that. Coauthored by biochemist Laura Tan and biomedical engineer Rob Stadler, it carries you through the 12 steps needed to organize chemicals into a cell and demonstrates how the latest discoveries derail origin-of-life-by-nature scenarios. As an author in the same genre, I found myself admiring two particular attributes of The Stairway to Life. First, its clarity. It’s h

Railroad Tracks, Newcastle 1895

(Crossrail Tunnelling Machine)

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Railway Tracks