Cori Convertito, curator and historian with the Key West Art & Historical Society, recently held her monthly “Happy Hour with ...

In a nod to the Vanderbilts' steamship and railroad business ventures ... The grounds also featured European beech trees imported from overseas. The trees, which can grow up to 45 feet wide ...

OMAHA, NEB. — Union Pacific (UP), a major US grains shipper, is building a new intermodal terminal west of downtown Kansas ...

The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded more than $115 million for nine projects to electrify trains and move freight ...

Spoiler alert: the Florida Keys are a unique string of islands. To add one more reason, South Florida and the Keys are the only places in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist. Both have ...

"Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will temporarily close for refurbishment on January 6, 2025," Walt Disney World announced on the attraction's webpage. "The attraction will reopen with a little bit ...

As part of the great migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities, some 200,000 African Americans moved ...

Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit grew 9% as West Coast imports surged and drove the railroad’s total volume up 6%. The railroad earned $1.67 billion or $2.75 per share. That's well ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial ...

On October 4, 1883, the legendary Orient Express departed Gare de l’Est in Paris for the very first time, slowly winding through Europe on its way to Constantinople, as Istanbul was then known.

Having amassed his fortune in the railroad business during a period of rapid economic growth and industrialization, he would be wealthier than Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Warren Buffett if he ...