This week marks 163 years since Cruz first broke ground on the first transcontinental railroad, and it all started here in what's now old Sacramento. And joining us this morning, we have Ty Smith from ...

The Golden Spike Monument, a sculpture by artist Douwe Blumberg, is dispalyed in front of Union Station on Friday, May 3, 2024. The 43-foot, gold leaf-covered monument was commissioned to honor the ...

While Davis might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of the transcontinental railroad, you will get a new impression when you visit the UC Davis Library’s latest exhibition. It is ...

The California State Railroad Museum held a ceremony honoring Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad. As the westernmost point of the original tracks, Sacramento was at the ...

More than 150 years ago, thousands of Chinese laborers bored through solid granite to construct miles of railroad tunnels on Donner Summit, an astonishing engineering feat and a crucial link in the ...

One hundred years ago today John D. Spreckels drove a ceremonial golden spike and announced that the San Diego & Arizona railway had been completed, giving San Diego a direct transcontinental rail ...

ST. LOUIS • On Nov. 1, 1855, the Pacific Railroad’s first train to Jefferson City left downtown bearing 600 prominent citizens. In 2002, construction workers for the Union Pacific Railroad found the ...