Railroads » History & Culture

A Federal Railroad Adventure - Andrews Raiders

Nineteenth century documents about a Federal raid to interupt Confederate communications by destroying railroad bridges and telegraph lines.

American Railroad Women Research Project

Historic and biographical information about women in the US rail industry.

Deadhead: A Pullman Porter Steps Out of Character

From Opportunity, the Journal of Negro Life by the National Urban League, August, 1935.

Instructions to Porters, Attendants and Bus Boys

Mike's Railway History

Pullman Porter John Johnson

Russell, Joy, Baylor Senior Research Paper on the story of her grandfather, a Pullman Porter.

Railroad History and Genealogy Database

Compilation of all railroads chartered in the U.S. since 1826.

Railway Women in Wartime

The history of women railway workers in the United Kingdom.

Sources for Railroad History Research in the United States

The Life of the Pullman Porter

Article by Stewart H. Holbrook.

The Pullman Porters Win

Berman, Edward. The Nation, August 21, 1935.