American history classes typically teach that the original transcontinental railroad was a major triumph. What they don‘t say ...

The Great Financial Panic of 1873 - Closing ... That same year, the depression set off railroad strikes. Workers all over the country, in response to wage cuts and poor working conditions, struck ...

A man has said his father was saved from depression after finding joy in creating ... to working on a model replica of the Severn and Wye railway, taking it around the country to show at exhibitions.

Following the economic panic of 1873, the United States experienced a period known as the Long Depression ... It was known as the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. Pittsburgh was among the hardest ...