The first steam locomotive to haul a passenger-carrying train on a public railway is set to go on display in Derby.

As England celebrates the 200th anniversary of rail travel, author and train expert Tom Chesshyre reveals his favourite rides ...

Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway and Museum says it's working on phase one of an effort to revive the train.

Trains visited the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad and Museum in Mineral, Wash. for a cab ride aboard a historic steam locomotive ...

By 1840, the nation had 2,800 miles of railroad track. In his book American Notes, novelist Charles Dickens captured the ...

As conversations of passenger rail service returning to Colorado’s front range progress, Cheyenne continues to prepare for how it may be able to tack onto the north end of the proposed railway service ...

The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe celebrated its 20th anniversary on Memorial Day weekend. The LGSR story began ...

Big hooks is the nearly universal nickname for railroad wrecking cranes, powerful machines capable of many tasks ...

That speed wouldn't hold a candle to the fastest passenger trains ... or over 350 fully loaded cars. This makes the Virginial Railway Class AE the most powerful steam locomotives on the planet.

The Whippany Railway Museum, which traces its history to the excursions offered on a restored steam locomotive on ... is still among the engines, passenger cars, cabooses and other railway relics ...

A renewed effort to restore passenger rail service from Portland to Bangor was soundly rejected Thursday by the Legislature’s transportation committee, following a similar failed attempt last year.