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Walter Hagen and his wife peered in confusion from their buggy into the driving rain and darkness. Returning home from the Culley Ranch north of Pueblo, Colorado, they'd reached the [...]

For at least the past six years, railroads have been working on methods for measuring track geometry through equipment to supplement the traditional geometry car and hi-rail vehicles that have [...]

CREATED AS A COMIC STRIP SUPERHERO IN 1938, SUPERMAN WAS 'FASTER than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive and able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.' [...]

2022 DEC 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on cancer gene therapy have been published. According to [...]

Union Pacific Engine 4014, the 'Big Boy.' This picture was taken in Hays, Kan., where the train stopped for the night. The overall size of the locomotive was just incredible. [...]

I GREW UP WITH BURLINGTON NORTHERN. Since I was born exactly 6 months before the merger, I wasn't around (or at least old enough), to see railroads like Chicago, Burlington [...]

Railroad mergers and the lineage of modern American rail corporations often captured the attention of industry observers. Yet, the lineage of railroad equipment suppliers has gone relatively unnoticed. In 2019, [...]

When Union Pacific reacquired Big Boy No. 4014 in 2013, it made a deal with the Southern California Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. UP got the steam [...]

Tunnels help solve a number of track planning issues. Jim Richards wasn't only concerned with making the tunnels on his Athabaska RR look better; he also wanted to improve performance. [...]

When should you consider adding ultrasonics to a cleaning process? Usually, the answer is whenever parts are not getting clean enough using the current method. Ultrasonics become a viable purchase [...]

RAFAEL SANTANA BECAME president and CEO of Wabtec July 1, after the historic merger earlier in 2019 with GE Transportation, where he had been CEO. TRAINS spoke with Santana about [...]

Smoke rises slowly from the locomotive's chimney, hissing from the valves and swirling in clouds over the face of the train. The locomotive heaves once more, then stops. With a [...]

Railroads in many ways are unique because, regardless of how many years they've been in business, there is usually a storied history that can be recalled. And the best ways [...]

Generally accepted history is that Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive operating territory ended at the eastern yard limits of North Platte, Neb. While it is true that the locomotives [...]

Aug. 27, 2019 will arguably be one of the single-most important days in North American freight railroading in recent history. On a test track at TTCI (Transportation Technology Center, Inc.) [...]

Who was the first to bat 1,000? 1,000 horsepower, we mean. Well, the Napier Cub 16-cylinder airplane engine was said to make 1,057 hp in 1920, and land-speed racers went [...]

It's May 20, 2018, in Sunol, Calif., and the Pacific Locomotive Association is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Niles Canyon Railway. While the railroad is home to seven steam [...]

THE SOUTHWESTERN DESERTS OF ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO ARE MAGICAL. Saguaro cactus, desert sunsets, distant mountains, and the allure of the Old West are magnets for tourists, snowbirds, and residents. [...]

Not only have I been a lifelong Alco fan, I'm particularly fond of the Alcos rostered by the Central RR of New Jersey (CNJ). The CNJ bought its first RS-3s [...]

WHEN THE ROARING twenties swept in with a rush of novel machinery, designers and artists of the day answered. Leaning into the boldness of the era, they gleefully borrowed shapes [...]

A Family Railroad Fun Guide Alabama Foley Railway Museum & Model Train Exhibit. 125 E. Laurel Ave., Foley, 36535 Phone: 251-943-1818 Depot museum, Mon.-Sat, 10-3. Model train exhibit, Tues., Thurs., [...]

On May 10, 1869, a beautiful springtime afternoon just perfect for a nuptial ceremony, hundreds of people gathered to celebrate the wedding of the rails at Promontory Summit. Three special [...]

Rail industry suppliers work hard to ensure key materials that railroads require to keep moving arrive when and where they are needed. Railroads continue to rely on suppliers to provide [...]

TRANSIT HAS BEEN AN INTEGRAL PART of New Orleans' 300-year history. It has been a catalyst to the city's growth and development and, later, in post-Katrina years, to its resurgence. [...]

2022 MAR 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Investigators discuss new findings in machine learning. According to news originating from [...]

Siemens ALP-45DP locomotive. Atlas displayed a pre-production sample of its latest locomotive. The Siemens ALP-45DP is decorated for NJ Transit in four road numbers. The Master Line model has illuminated [...]

An autumn storm is brewing over the Continental Divide and will soon leave a fresh dusting of snow on the higher peaks. The pine-and sage scented wind is noticeably cooler [...]

With literally tens of thousands of steam locomotives of all shapes and sizes in service in the United States during the golden age of steam, how is it that the [...]

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Taiwan, also known as Formosa or 'beautiful island,' may have the most concentrated and diverse railroad network per square mile on earth. Overshadowed by its two large neighbors, Japan and [...]

The Central California and Pacific Northwest regions have some of the three or four great clusters of steam excursion railroads in the nation. I've been drawn to the West Coast [...]