North American carload and intermodal traffic for the first 44 weeks of 2025 (ending Nov. 1) was up 2.0% from the prior-year ...

On Dec. 18, an Amtrak train traveling from Seattle to Portland, Ore. derailed on a highway overpass in DuPont, Wash. So far, the accident has left at least three people dead and has injured hundreds ...

The rapid expansion of America's railroad system in the 1800s and early 1900s was driven largely by a small group of powerful businessmen. Here we profile 12 of the most influential railroad magnates ...

Two of the largest US railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced on Tuesday a plan to combine in a $72 billion deal that would create America’s first transcontinental freight railroad.

Experience the largest miniature train circuit in America, where tiny locomotives and landscapes bring railroads to life.

Faster, more efficient movement of goods and less highway damage from trucks make the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern make ...

Two major railroad companies have joined forces to launch a new freight line connecting Louisville to the West Coast. Here's ...

The train wreck in East Palestine could have been worse. In 2013 rail tank cars carrying oil separated from their locomotives and derailed in Lac-Megante, Quebec. The explosion killed 47 people and ...

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 ...