Union Pacific (UP) on April 30 unveiled its newest commemorative locomotive. No. 1616 pays tribute to America’s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, who signed the Pacific Railway Act in 1862, creating UP ...

When CJ Bender put his arm around his nephew W. Ray Wallace in 1946 and told him, “We’re going to build something. One day, ...

A look at seven iconic trains that have shaped railroading, from luxurious passenger trains to high-speed record breakers.

Over the course of the 20th century, in state after state and city after city, once-robust systems of mass transit gave way ...

Edaville Railroad's carousel was one of the items up for auction​ in Carver and it won't be traveling far to its new home.

Much of the New York subway system still uses signal technology installed nearly 100 years ago. Two reporters wanted to find ...

A death investigation was opened after a 42-year-old man fell on the tracks at the Granville Station and was struck by a CTA train, Chicago police said, Shortly after 11:30 p.m. Monday, the victim ...

A 30-year-old man is in custody after hitting a 42-year-old man in his head with a gun, causing the gun to discharge Sunday ...

A man was injured in a fight where a gun went off on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side Sunday night, Chicago police said.

Public transit is a public good. But the CTA, in particular, suffers from flimsy leadership, ghost buses and crime. That ...

The man, 32, was shot on an inbound train Sunday night, after declining to buy cannabis from a gunman who approached him, ...

Around 9:14 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot at the CTA Blue Line and found a 32-year-old man with a ...