Before the American railroads were built, coal was carried down the Potomac River in wooden boats that were called gondolas after the famous Venetian vessels. Once the railroad came into being ...

"conductors" and "stations" that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. African American men and women of all ages left the plantation and headed North for freedom. But most runaway slaves ...

The Government of the Northwest Territories has asked Canadian federal regulators to examine Canadian National Railway’s decision not to repair its damaged rail line to Hay River, which had been the ...