Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

Huntington took Hopkins on as partner. His involvement in the Republican Party induced an interest in the railroad issue. In November 1860 Huntington attended a lecture on the subject. Afterward ...

Hopkins and Huntington could manage the sum. Theodore Judah could not. It looked to the engineer that his interest in the Pacific railroad might be pulled out from under him. In October of 1863 ...