A slope failure on the Green Mountain Railroad at East Wallingford, Vt., is just part of the damage the railroad sustained in 2023 flooding. Vermont Rail System BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont Rail System’s ...

Amtrak’s westbound Sunset Limited ascends the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans as a Union Pacific train slowly descends in February 2025. Bill Stephens HOUSTON — A short line holding company has ...

Workers drill into rock at the Palisades Portal site for the Hudson Tunnel project on Aug. 17, 2026. The Trump administration is appealing a decision blocking it from withholding funds for the tunnel ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Railroad Administration today published new rules on a variety of topics — ranging from horn-sounding requirements to virtual training for brake systems — as part of what the ...

Locomotives wearing Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Denver & Rio Grande Western paint meet at Princeton Siding on Tennessee Pass in 1997. The line was idled later that year. Chris Guss WASHINGTON ...

Facts and features Name: Union Pacific in the Cascades Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 11′-6″ x 16′-6″ Prototype: Union Pacific Locale:… Facts and features Name: The Portsmouth & Androscoggin RR Scale: HO (1 ...

NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s service for soccer’s World Cup operated at a net loss of $3.98 million, NJ.com reports,… ...

Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

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Riding Amtrak’s Palmetto on the home stretch: The passengers and crew of Amtrak’s southbound Palmetto have their last stretch stop in Florence, S.C. before the final 21/2-hour run to Savannah. David ...

Technological advancements in rail diesel propulsion came together in the Electro-Motive Division FT — “the diesel that did it” — with enough success to move motive power away from steam for good.

Tank car history extends back to 1865. Today, the cars haul a dizzying variety of liquid or gas products. Carl Swanson Tank car history traces back more than 150 years. Today, tens of thousands of ...