Its history not only preserved through its architecture and its role in the labor movement, but by two brothers who worked ...

Railroads formed the backbone of America. Starting in the 1800s, trains hauled millions of pounds of freight and passengers daily from point A to point B.

Long-term travel required more comfortable accommodations, which opened the door for the first luxury sleeper service, created by George Pullman of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The sleeper cars ...

Designers are incorporating Gilded Age aesthetics to create stunning spaces that channel the golden era of railway travel.

Harry A. Hillman, 30, escaped convict and train robber, was captured at 5:45 a.m. after he leaped from the Twentieth Century ...

providing jobs as Pullman Porters to those freed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment. Despite facing exploitative working conditions, these men joined together as the "Brotherhood ...

This is a special day on the Texas Eagle,” said the attendant over the PA system as the train emerged into daylight on its ...

Chicago's Pullman porters formed the first all-Black labor union in the U.S., paving the way for civil rights advancements. A. Phillip Randolph and Milton P. Webster were key figures who led the ...

Hazel Dukes, a longtime New York City and national civil rights leader, died in her Harlem home on March 1 at 92 years old.

We locals also had our own “ace in the hole.” It was a special place—a Jersey automotive shop where vehicles were transformed ...