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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Harriet Tubman is the most famous “conductor” of what’s known as the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses that helped enslaved Black Americans in the South escape to the northern United ...

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 ...

A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom got the Christmas present he desperately wanted from ...

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 ...

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 ...