On May 10, 1869, as the last spike was driven in the Utah desert, the blows were heard ... The world was put on notice: the transcontinental railroad was completed and America was moving to ...

6. Eastern Nevada Desert (2) It took us three hot August days to get across Nevada -- drinking water by the gallon. It took the men building this railroad more than a year to cross Nevada ...

The High Desert Corridor high-speed rail project would ... In September 2024, the Federal Railroad Administration inked an agreement that sends $3 billion to the Nevada Department of ...

PALM DESERT, CA — About 20 homeless encampments on railroad property in Palm Desert were cleared out on Wednesday, leaving several unsheltered people displaced. The operation was conducted along ...