The Pennsylvania Railroad built the Sawtooth Bridges, a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor in the Meadowlands in Kearny, New Jersey, in the early 20th century.
The first sleeper cars appeared on American railroads in the 1830s and could be configured for coach seating during the day. Some of the more luxurious types have private rooms.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) was created with the ICC Termination Act of 1995 as a successor agency to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which was created in 1887.
The Surface Transportation Investment Act (STIA) provided $78 billion over five years for multimodal surface transportation, rail, freight, and safety programs.
The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, amended the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (NLRA), limiting labor unions’ activities and influence.
The Tangiwai train disaster, which occurred at about 10:21 p.m. on December 24, 1953, near Tangiwai on the North Island, is New Zealand’s worst rail accident.
Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor of Patterson, New Jersey, built The General for $8,850. It entered service on the Western & Atlantic Railroad in January 1856.
