A bicyclist’s recent death at the South Calumet Road railroad crossing in Chesterton’s downtown has spurred town officials and the neighboring Porter community to explore ways to improve ...

The son of a railroad porter, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb Jr. grew up listening to his father’s stories about working on the train that ran between Chicago and Los Angeles. Wellington M.

State records claim Porter cribbed the plot from the Aug. 29, 1900 robbery along the Union Pacific Railroad executed by Butch Cassidy's "Hole in the Wall" gang in Wyoming. Porter and others ...

An inquiry was begun to-day by Railroad Commissioners Kernan and O ... Wright, the sleeping car conductor, and Bishop, the porter, were examined. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

it brought their typical way of life onto the railroad, and for the middle-class, it gave them a chance to experience something new. Proven successful, Pullman placed his first porter aboard ...

Porter said the plans call for a spur track ... automotive distribution facility on more than 200 acres of undeveloped railroad property at the CPKC intermodal yard in Wylie," read a statement ...

May 8—The nonprofit Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) on Wednesday announced its plans to restore the iconic Porter No. 5 steam locomotive to its former glory. Built by H.K. Porter Company in ...

It wasn't even close to the West, but the wilds of Paterson proved close enough in 1903. Filmed that fall and released just weeks later in December 1903, "The Great Train Robbery" became the first ...