In Iowa, a welcoming railroad town blends local history, seasonal festivals, nearby state parks, and small-town culture less ...

A 3,000-ton locomotive was careening down the tracks with no crew on board. Authorities tried—and failed—to stop it. Then one ...

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad's two locomotives will be repowered with electric engines so that the passenger train no ...

The Union Pacific brakeman killed in a grade-crossing incident in Ontario, Calif., last month was riding the lead car on a ...

Two of CVSR's historic diesel-powered locomotives will be repowered. A pair of Ohio EPA grants will cover $2.1 million of the ...

Here we round up the 10 fastest diesel locomotives ever.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A locomotive owned by the Catskill Mountain Railroad caught fire early Thursday morning near Kingston Plaza in the city, the Kingston Fire Department said. In a press release, ...

A locomotive in the Kingston Plaza shopping area caught fire around 3 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 1. Firefighters spent about two hours fighting the blaze. Update: Kingston police charged one man with ...

A grant from the Federal Railroad Administration will provide for an at-grade crossing elimination and safety study in 33 areas of Longview. The study would provide data that can indicate what kind of ...

Michael Lesich is quite familiar with the Canadian National (CN) railroad crossing on Utica Road, just north of Groesbeck Highway in Fraser. As the mayor and resident of Fraser, Lesich has heard from ...

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