Builders of the transcontinental railroad faced geographical obstacles ... Getting through the Sierra Nevada would require fortitude, technology -- and the sacrifice of many workers' lives.

The six men organize themselves as the first Board of Directors of the Central Pacific Railroad Company. October: Having completed his survey of the Sierra Nevada, Judah returns to Washington ...

With a new acquisition, a West Sacramento-based company can build hydrogen fuel-cell trains that could get fuel from local ...

Sierra Northern Railway (SNR) recently acquired the assets of locomotive builder RailPower LLC to advance its sustainable transportation technologies and offer zero-emission rail solutions.

Sierra Northern Railway has acquired the assets of locomotive builder RailPower LLC as part of its efforts to develop ...

this was the largest and longest-occupied Chinese railroad construction camp, which was focused on blasting and building tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains as part of the transcontinental ...

Sardine Meadow is one of many meadows and streams in the Sierra Nevada that were degraded by historic logging and railroad construction, said Beth Christman, senior director of restoration at the ...

Heavy snow and multiple spinouts Thursday morning had officials holding all traffic on Interstate 80 at the California and ...

Sierra Northern Railway (SNR), a division of the Sierra Railroad Company, has acquired the assets of RailPower for an undisclosed sum. This move will allow SNR to combine RailPower's hybrid ...