This is the third in a series on quirky area museums. To understand the history of railroads is to understand what makes America tick. Every facet of life, from fuel to music to the socks you ordered ...

The Painesville Railroad Museum has spent recent years restoring a historic train depot and expanding its engine collection, and it is now being recognized for its efforts by the Eastern Lake County ...

Looking for thematic Christmas train rides that come with the chance of snow? Start with these eight picks across the US.

Visitors to the Oyster Bay Railroad Museum can soon sit in a cab and operate a train from Hempstead to Penn Station without an engineer's license or traveling down the 21 miles of Long Island Rail ...

It has been about a year since I called for adaptation (growth) and not decline in our industry. And it seems like that growth message was well received. This industry wants to grow now, and that is ...

Real-time train location technology has been trialled in Wales to help enhance safety at rural level crossings. Universal Signalling’s ‘U-Cross’ system provides real-time information to signallers, ...

The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has started construction of a six-stall roundhouse for the display of its historic Pennsylvania Railroad steam locomotives. Patrick Morrison, director, Railroad ...

Ray Rieser Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 12:08 p.m. | Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 12:08 p.m. The Allegheny Valley Railroad, which ran along the Lower Burrell side of the Allegheny River, was the first major rail ...

MANY TRAIN ENTHUSIASTS DREAM OF DRIVING A REAL TRAIN, BUT THEY CAN’T. SO THE NEXT BEST THING IS TO PRETEND BY OPERATING A TRAIN AND A LIFE IMITATING MODEL RAILROAD EXHIBIT. AND WHAT BETTER TIME TO ...

For decades, a patchwork of regional rail networks across the United States have been forced to grapple with the same headache: Interchanges, where cargo is handed from one rail line to another.

When David and Sherry Kirchheimer purchased their La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., home in 2008, they found the rusted remnants of train tracks where a previous owner had built a backyard railroad. It ...