Travel back to the 19th century and follow the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the track that united America coast to coast. This video explores the massive engineering challenges, the ...

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month kicks off today. May is picked as the month we honor AAPI heritage in part due to that being the month that Chinese immigrants help complete the building ...

Plate 227, "East and West shaking hands at laying of the last rail," Promontory Summit, Utah. Photograph was taken by Andrew Russell on May 10, 1869. General Dodge, chief engineer for Union Pacific, ...