The NJ Transit railway shut down at midnight on Friday after more than 450 locomotive engineers voted to strike after failing to agree on wages. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ...

“Who do you not see here?” said Steve Shulder, a docent at the B&O Railroad Museum, as he gestured toward a portrait of the railroad’s founders. After a moment of ponderous looks from attendees, he ...

Union Pacific's (UNP) locomotive engineers will now have up to seven days paid in the event of illness. OMAHA, Neb., June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad reached an agreement with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Union Pacific Railroad engineer is in the hospital with serious injuries Sunday morning following a ...

The National Mediation Board has called representatives for NJ Transit and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers to a meeting Monday in Washington, D.C., as New Jersey sits on the brink of its first ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in ...

Negotiations between striking train engineers and New Jersey’s huge commuter railroad will resume Sunday following “constructive” but stalemated discussions Saturday, after a union-led walkout brought ...

For over 40 years, Chief Engineer Ray Pimlott was instrumental in overseeing the maintenance and operation of the Tilden Park Steam Train. During one family’s visit, he patiently explained the ...

American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...

Read about the time a locomotive went missing in Concord in 1915. A man stole the train, but was caught and fined.

Have you ever watched a mile-long freight train rumble by and wondered how one locomotive can pull more than a hundred fully loaded cars? The locomotive weighs maybe 150 metric tons, and each car is ...