Union Pacific executives said it wasn’t precision scheduled railroading but running the network too tightly that brought on the service issues.
FreightWaves Classics continues its profile of the transcontinental railroad.
FreightWaves Classics profiles the transcontinental railroad.
FreightWaves Classics profiles the use of Chinese labor to help build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.
FreightWaves Classics profiles Edward H. Harriman, who invested in railroads and improved them.
President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation that authorized the transcontinental railroad. This FreightWaves Classics article profiles the impact of that legislation.
Wabtec and Progress Rail selected as suppliers
In Part 1 of this FreightWaves Classics article, refrigerator railcars are invented and used to ship meat, fruit, vegetables and other commodities.
FreightWaves Classics profiles the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, another Fallen Flag.
This FreightWaves Classics article profiles the St. Louis Southwestern Railway’s history.
