Big Boy is 133 feet long and weighs 1.2 million pounds, requiring a “hinged” frame to help it get around curves.

Boxcar Development, an investment group for the Simon family, will formally break ground on the project Wednesday, although ...

Genesee & Wyoming has marked the arrival of the semiquincentennial year of U.S. independence with the latest addition to its ...

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 ...

Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a five-year national freight rail contract, the ...

Plan for more than 250 free movie events across Ohio in 2026 as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration. Here's when they start.

Freshly painted SD40-2 #1776 sits on the track at Jim Thorpe Yard next to the usual power for the Pittston excursions, GP38-2 #2023. PORT CLINTON — Newly painted SD40-2 diesel locomotive #1776 is ...

Hidden in the charming town of North Judson sits the Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum, an extraordinary time capsule where Indiana’s rich railroad heritage comes roaring back to life through massive ...

Pennsylvania’s railroads once thundered through valleys and over mountains, carrying coal, lumber, and dreams of prosperity. Today, many of these iron giants sit silent, their tracks reclaimed by ...

It used to be whenever Metro-North Railroad rebranded one of its locomotives with a fresh design, rail fans would sneak out to the tracks and take pictures they’d publish online before the big reveal.

There’s something undeniably romantic about train travel that no modern conveyance can match—the gentle sway of the cars, the ever-changing tableau outside your window, the sense of journeying rather ...

The creation of Rockdale Highlands Wildlife Management Area, some 300 acres acquired by MassWildlife this autumn (“A ‘tremendous win’ for conservation,” Berkshire Eagle, Oct. 6) is celebrated for its ...