Penny Kmitt is a reporter for WBZ-TV's morning news. She joined the station in December 2023 from CBS-affiliate WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. The MBTA has debuted a newly refurbished train car as part of ...

For decades, Americans all over the country have taken rides in trains pulled by a legend and perhaps didn’t even know it. The Electro-Motive Division F40PH series has served as the backbone of ...

The diesel-electric locomotive has been a mainstay of freight railroads and many passenger railroads for over a century. These locomotives have proven to have a great mix of power, fuel economy, and ...

Maciej Drygas’ documentary Trains uses archival footage to depict the history of the locomotive industry in the 20th century. Using private archives, some never-before-seen footage and even ...

It was the 1950s, a transitional postwar era when road transportation was still picking up pace, and railways did the heavy lifting. Steam engines were on the way out as diesel locomotives gained a ...

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...

ABOVE: Two locomotives collide head-on in a publicity stunt in September 1896 at Crush, Texas. The photographer lost an eye seconds after this shot was taken, when the two trains’ boilers exploded.

Editor’s Note: This is one of multiple stories in ETX View’s 2026 January/February issue that published Jan. 10. To read more stories and view the full digital edition, visit our ETX View homepage.

ENTHUSIASTS CAME OUT TO CAL EXPO TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL MODEL TRAIN MONTH. THIS WAS THE SCENE AT THE INTERNATIONAL RAIL FAIR TODAY. THERE WERE TRAIN DEMOS AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE ...