This resource provides information about train engineers and operatiors. Topics covered includes: nature or work, working conditions, employment, training, other qualifications, and advancement, job outlook and earning potential.

Fourth graders will discuss the different types of transportation prior to the transcontinental railroad. They will also write an essay using the information discussed to present the pros and cons of transporting eggs to big cities by...

Maglev trains are making history right now.

When World War I ended in 1918 and the troops came home, folks felt optimistic about the future and eager to get on with their lives. This optimism led to an extraordinary decade that brought major changes in the way citizens traveled by...

This Bureau of Labor Statistics report describes jobs in warehousing and product storage industry. It includes job summary, needed training, salary, etc.

The railroad industry began in the frontier days, magnetic levitation has moved it squarely into the space age.

Containers-steel boxes stuffed with goods-and the systems for transferring them between ships, trucks, and trains transformed commercial shipping. Containerization streamlined freight handling and slashed the cost of transporting cargoes...

Not all inventions turn out to be good ideas! Read about Alfred Ely Beach's idea to build a pneumatic tube under the streets of New York City for subway trains to use.

Discover how connecting Santa Cruz, California to the national railroad network in the late 1800s helped the town prosper and change.

Here you will find drawings from the 1884 book which details the various train cars in use at the time. There are drawings of two Pullman rail cars, as well as "emigrant sleeping cars," which were gave free transportation to emigrants...

As part of a larger site, this article gives the history of the famous Chicago "L" and its development in the last part of the 19th century. Hyperlinks to photos, many of which are period photos.

A promotional painting by George Inness will introduce students to a new invention from the nineteenth century, the locomotive.