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.

In the early days of the 20th century, railroads, like the Big Four and the Illinois Central Railroad, drove the Illinois ...

U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak's next-generation high-speed Acela train cars were delayed by more than four years due to planning, design and track issues, and a desire for higher speeds that have not ...

With shortcuts came risks, though. The infamous Donner-Reed party got a late start on their journey out west and was attempting to take one called the “Hastings Cutoff” when they got trapped in the ...

We were well into our journey from Los Angeles to Chicago, surrounded by cornfields and grain elevators, when the train halted and a voice rang out. “All right, folks,” said a man on the PA system.

Last Sunday’s column tackled the origin story of the train in Joske’s parking lot, sometimes advertised as the “ginormous parking lot at Blum and Bonham streets.” After World War II, the department ...

In China, the longest ultrahigh-voltage power line stretches more than 2,000 miles from the far northwest to the populous southeast — the equivalent of transmitting electricity from Idaho to New York ...

Big Big Train have shared a new 18-minute live version of Beneath The Masts ahead of the release of their upcoming live album, Are We Nearly There Yet?. The track originally featured on the band's ...

ABOVE: Two locomotives collide head-on in a publicity stunt in September 1896 at Crush, Texas. The photographer lost an eye seconds after this shot was taken, when the two trains’ boilers exploded.

One of America’s well-known retail chains, Big Lots, is back on the map. The chain has been struggling for the last year and many stores have been closed down. However, consumers who have been loyal ...

GORDON, Texas — Cleanup work continues Thursday after a Union Pacific train derailed Tuesday afternoon about two miles east of Gordon in Palo Pinto County, officials say. "Unified Command has ...