Best Transcontinental
The Union Pacific No. 119 is a meticulously crafted steam locomotive replica of the original engine used in 1869 to drive the golden spike into the First Transcontinental Railroad. This powerful machine represents a pivotal moment in American history and engineering. It’s valuable for historical pre...
The Central Pacific Jupiter is a meticulously crafted steam locomotive replica built to represent the engine that played a crucial role in constructing the first U.S. standard gauge railroad across the American West. Completed in 1869, it embodies the technological achievement and labor involved in...
Alexander Mackenzie was a Scottish-born fur trader and explorer whose journeys mapped major waterways across what is now Canada. In 1789 he followed the river later named for him to the Arctic Ocean, and in 1793 he completed the first recorded crossing of North America north of Mexico to reach the P...
John McDouall Stuart was a Scottish-born explorer whose expeditions mapped large areas of inland Australia during the nineteenth century. In 1862 he and his party completed the first successful European crossing of the continent through its interior from south to north and returned by the same gener...
Cal Rodgers was an American aviation pioneer trained by the Wright brothers. In 1911, he became the first person to fly a powered aircraft across the United States, piloting a Wright Flyer named the Vin Fiz. The transcontinental journey took 49 days and required numerous repairs and replacements due...
Irish-born explorer who co-led the 1860–1861 Burke and Wills expedition, the first to cross Australia from south to north, but died on the return journey.
The Powder Puff Derby refers to the historic 1929 Women's Air Derby, a pioneering transcontinental aviation race in the United States that featured prominent pilots like Amelia Earhart.
