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 ...

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have a historic opportunity to revamp America’s transportation sector and reassert free-market principles that will enhance travel, shipping, and ...

But after a spectacular, time-consuming and meticulous $3 million effort, including about $1.5 million from the Wagner Foundation, the 1385 steam locomotive is nearly whole. And in the coming months, ...

Hobbyists are drawn to specific railroads for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it was the line that served their hometown. Or maybe a relative worked on the railroad. Another reason — with less ...

You learned from the previous three columns that Troy had a bustling Railroad life until the late 1950’s. Those of us growing ...

From the start of the rail renaissance in 2004 through 2008, Norfolk Southern posted the highest margins among US Class I railroads. Its operating ratio (expenses/revenue) deteriorated in 2009 during ...

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What is less known, maybe less knowable, is what happened in Leechburg before David Leech made himself a burg.

Roanoke and Carilion Clinic combined to remake both the skyline and professional prospects in a city looking for a new ...

The first confrontation in the Royal Gorge Railroad War occurred not in the Royal Gorge, but near the top of Raton Pass in ...