This Day in Railroad History

Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the Fi...

Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad

Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First transcontinental railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.

Broadway Limited Ends All-Pullman Service

Pennsylvania Railroad

New York to Chicago

The Pennsylvania Railroad's famous Broadway Limited ended its all-Pullman sleeping car service, marking the decline of luxury rail travel.