railroad

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Migration from Jalisco to California and other states dates to the late 1800s with the construction and expansion of the railroad systems in Mexico and the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The Victorian-era town with dramatic cliffs is on the windswept northeast coast and was developed as a resort by a Quaker mining and railroad magnate in 1861.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

The railroad boom in stock prices was followed by rail stocks’ falling by three-quarters of their value during the panic of 1873.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

A line outside a Riverside gas station crossed a railroad track, and a man stopped on the tracks refused to yield his place even when a freight train engine bore down on him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Then Mudd explained the route to the next stop on their underground rebel railroad.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson