The birthplace of the bicycle, steam engine and jet engine, the UK has a long history of innovation. Here’s how key ...

It kickstarted the Industrial Revolution and fostered generations of talented inventors whose ideas shaped the modern world — the steam engine ... Invented by railway engineer J.P. Knight ...

The Columbia River & Northern Railroad has passed into history and is now known as the Goldendale branch of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. This road was built in 1902 and is 43 miles in ...

The Alpine Loop, perhaps the most famous route, connects Ouray with the historic mining towns of Silverton and Lake City via ...

UK: Testing is underway with what is thought to be the first installation of European Train Control System equipment on an ...

Rush, N.Y. — The Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum is celebrating a local railroad milestone. The museum is marking ...

The Historic Billings Deport could see trains again as HB 848 pushes for state support for restoring passenger rail in ...

Parallel Systems is preparing to test its autonomous-railcar technology in the Peach State after raising $38 million in growth capital, as the startup aims to give railroads the means to take ...

Heritage train carriages that were being restored by volunteers have been damaged by vandals in act of "mindless destruction" ...

Hu Dehua, the third son of former General Secretary Hu Yaobang, died in Beijing on March 30. The anniversary of his father’s death in 1989, which sparked the protests crushed by the June 4 ...

World-famous locomotive, Flying Scotsman, is set to haul trains on the West Somerset Railway later this year. An agreement ...