Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo: FreightWaves/Jim Allen) Two of the largest U.S. railroad unions won’t back the proposed merger of Union Pacific and ...

The Second Baptist Church in New Albany, Indiana, served as a stop on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War. Its steeple was a beacon for freedom seekers escaping slavery in Kentucky, located ...

For centuries, Western Colorado saw very little non-Native settlers. It is because the Rocky Mountains largely posed a ...

For nearly half a century, six historic engines have sat exposed to the elements at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. Now, these invaluable pieces of rail history are about to get the shelter and ...

Historic kilns opened by a railway in a doomed attempt to boost business have been given listed status following work by a local enthusiast. The lime kilns, near Consett, were built in 1835 by the ...

170th anniversary of Sacramento Valley Railroad's completion ...

Work on the newest section of Honolulu’s Skyline rail system continues near Chinatown. Michael Kat, DPP’s historic preservation planner, clarified that the stipulation in question “required all city ...

THE DETAILS ON THIS. BAILEY. YEAH, GUYS, IT’S BEEN SINCE 2002 THAT THEY’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT. AND NOW, 20 YEARS LATER, IT IS FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION. THE RAILROAD MUSEUM OF ...