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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a view inside the Harry Bennett Memorial Roundhouse at the Railroaders Memorial Museum in Altoona, Pa., the six 80-inch-diameter driving wheels from Pennsylvania Railroad Class K4s 4-6-2 steam ...

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.

Testors has announced that it is ending its Floquil and Polly Scale lines of paints, including dozens of model-railroad specific colors. Testors will continue to take orders from retailers and ship ...

Amtrak E44 electric locomotives are eight roster oddities that likely never turned a wheel in revenue service for the passenger carrier. Amtrak E44 electric locomotive No. 503 and mates are stored at ...