You’ll see how early missteps—failed negotiations with freight railroads, underestimated land acquisition fights, and a maze ...

The nation’s freight railroads are going to be able to try relying more on technology and inspect their tracks in person less ...

What was once an abandoned locomotive brownfield now thrives as Rivers Casino, fueling local tourism, job growth and community engagement. General manager Joe Lodise says the casino’s commitment to ...

A coldhearted commuter abandoned a chicken on a Queens train last week, leaving it to foul up the car enough during its overnight stay that the MTA was forced to take the locomotive out of service and ...

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SUGARCREEK — The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum has acquired a rare steam locomotive, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway #1308. According to a community announcement, the locomotive, a 2-6-6-2 steam engine ...

Pennsylvania’s railroad legacy runs deep across the Keystone State, its iron ribbons once stitching together coal towns, steel cities, and pastoral valleys. Many trains are gone, but their stations ...

Sept. 22 (UPI) --The U.S. Department of Commerce announced a $4.2 billion commercial deal between the government of Kazakhstan and U.S.-based Wabtec Corporation, which makes locomotives. The deal, ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the Cold War, the communist bloc ended up divided into two sides after the death of Soviet dictator Stalin in 1953. The communist dictatorship of Mao Tse-Tung in China, a former ally of Stalin, ...