Learn about these trains and how they helped shape train travel in the 1930's. From PBS.

Information about the first steam engine and how it works.

History of railroad locomotive and train innovations through the years.

At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America. This site tells the stories of ten of them -- from the reasons they left home to what they experienced. From PBS.

Listen to old songs about trains, their sounds, video clips, view pictures, and read railway stories.

They were designed to take their passengers to a better place, a fresh start. Features pictures and story of orphans from the cities sent out west. PBS.

Single-page train history and self-scoring quiz.

Learn train jargon (special words) from this train company.