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Railroad Tycoon II is a strategy video game simulating the complexities of operating a United States railroad network in the late 19th century. Players manage track construction, freight transport, and financial investments to build a successful business empire. It’s particularly useful for those in...

The Stan Ray Hickory Stripe Engineer Coat features a classic, double-breasted design constructed with durable wool flannel and genuine horn buttons, offering a timeless silhouette for rugged work or casual wear.

Human Desire is a 1954 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang, loosely based on the 1890 Émile Zola novel La Bête Humaine. The film stars Glenn Ford as a Korean War veteran working as a railroad engineer who becomes entangled in a murder plot orchestrated by a co-worker's wife, played by Gloria G...

Union Pacific depicts the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad across the American West, spanning from 1866 to 1869. The film is based on Ernest Haycox’s novel, which itself was inspired by the experiences of civil engineer Charles H. Sharman involved in this project. It utilizes a 1869 golden...

Oshkosh-Larsen Trail Prairies State Natural Area is a protected remnant tallgrass prairie in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. It lies along a rail trail and preserves native plant and insect communities associated with the former prairie landscape. The site is notable because a transportation corridor p...

Midway Railroad Prairie State Natural Area is a Wisconsin protected site in Marathon County that preserves wet-mesic tallgrass prairie. The prairie occupies an abandoned railroad corridor, giving the site a distinctive setting shaped by former transportation infrastructure. Its primary ecological si...

Kessler Railroad Prairie State Natural Area is a Wisconsin preserve containing remnant tallgrass prairie along an unmaintained railroad right-of-way. The former rail corridor left an open strip where prairie vegetation could persist while surrounding land was altered for other uses. Its protected st...

Oakfield Railroad Prairie State Natural Area protects a surviving segment of mesic prairie in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The site follows an old railroad corridor, preserving a remnant of a grassland community that has been reduced by the conversion of native prairie to other land uses. Its cons...

Casey Jones was the professional name of John Luther Jones, an engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad. On 30 April 1900, he died near Vaughan, Mississippi, while attempting to stop his passenger train after encountering another train on the track; newspapers and the later song commonly known as...

The Hurricane Express is a 1932 American action film serial produced by Mascot Pictures and directed by Armand Schaefer. John Wayne stars as a pilot who seeks to avenge the murder of his father. The serial combines aviation and railroad settings with pursuit, sabotage, and revenge elements typical o...

Trouble Shooter is a Western novel by American writer Ernest Haycox. The story is associated with the construction of a transcontinental railroad and the conflicts that arise as railway expansion reaches the American frontier. Haycox's novel was adapted as Union Pacific, a 1939 Western film directed...

Roar of the Iron Horse is a 1951 American film serial released by Columbia Pictures and directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet. The story combines western adventure with railroad action and takes place in rugged frontier settings. As a chapter serial, it was designed to continue its plot across successiv...

Written by Max Brand in 1922, this western novel follows a skilled sharpshooter who navigates a complex web of betrayal and familial duty while dealing with a ruthless outlaw.

The Lost Special is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film serial directed by Henry MacRae. It was adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's story about a train that disappears under mysterious circumstances, using a railroad setting to drive the investigation and suspense. The production belongs to the earl...

The Steel Trail is a 1923 American silent adventure serial directed by William Duncan. Its narrative is centered on the construction of a transcontinental railroad, using the building of the railway as the setting for danger, conflict, and physical action. The serial is intended for audiences intere...

The Lightning Express is a 1930 American Western film serial directed by William Wyler and produced for Universal. It belongs to the early sound period of Hollywood and is identified as one of Universal's early full-sound serials, a format that presented a continuing story in several theatrical chap...