Looking for a special way to celebrate Christmas? Why not take a festive journey by train and visit with Santa this holiday season -- all while never having to leave the state. Two Alabama railroads, ...

When Jenny and Grant Sweer made the move from California to Alabama, they decided they would take their passion for garden railroads one major step forward.

Take a trip to the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum. You're likely to find your imagination engaged before you set foot inside. A yard adjacent to the museum is filled with old trains: steam locomotives ...

Alabama Railroad Operator Says Engineer Didn't See 3 Homeless Men Killed by Train MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The engineer of a train that struck and killed three homeless men on the tracks in coastal Alabama ...

Is this New Orleans-to-Mobile Amtrak commuter-like train proposal “a rather complex story,” like the meaning behind the lyrics of the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd hit, Sweet Home Alabama? For five decades, ...

ATLANTA — One of the nation's largest railroads must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties on its tracks because they're degrading faster than expected, the company said in a federal ...

A Norfolk Southern employee training to become a conductor was killed on the job this week in a railway accident in Bessemer, Alabama. The victim has been identified as Walter James Griffin III, 43, ...

A major freight railroad won a significant victory in its long-running legal dispute with Alabama over taxes on diesel, with a U.S. Supreme Court decision issued this week. The high court sided with ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham City Council passed an amendment Tuesday to add four cameras at railroad crossings. City leaders said the extra cameras will be placed at crossings throughout ...

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The engineer of a train that struck and killed three homeless men on the tracks in coastal Alabama says he never saw them and did not know he had hit them. The Alabama Port ...