This is a model train produced by Hornby / Meccano around 1954. It's pretty rusted and the clockwork mechanism was completely seized. I didn't want to disassemble this engine not to damage the ...

Littlefork resident gears up to restore an 1880s caboose Erik Thompson knows retrieving a more than 10-ton abandoned railroad caboose from the woods is no easy task. The train fanatic extracted in ...

10 must-visit historic railroad towns will involve a journey through railroading’s past and present in these iconic ...

Designed by F.W. Mellor, who also worked on New York's Grand Central Station, the station opened in 1916. During the ...

Between 1866 and 1873, 35,000 miles of new track were laid across the country. Railroads were the nation's largest non-agricultural employer. Banks and other industries were putting their money in ...

There’s not much in the way of infrastructure out there, but [Ryan] does have a unique way of traveling through it using abandoned railroad lines and this custom rail cart. The frame of this ...