The second span of Long Bridge will double rail capacity across the Potomac. It’s not the first attempt to increase capacity by building a second rail crossing of the river in the District: During ...

Union Pacific has announced the first leg of the tour of its legendary Big Boy No. 4014 locomotive will begin by leaving ...

A massive steam locomotive will be celebrating 250 years of American independence by making its first-ever coast-to-coast ...

Some accounts say a race between two steamboats on the Sacramento River led to the deadly blast.

The Silvergate and Cabrillo, two of San Diego Bay’s working ferries, have been named to the National Register of Historic ...

Rear Window, Psycho, and Strangers on a Train are all among the greatest and most suspenseful Alfred Hitchcock movies ever ...

There is something primal about staring down a white slope, knowing gravity is about to do most ...

PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...

From railroad brochures and poems to welcome signs and slide shows, Boulder spent the early 20th century selling itself as a ...

The 2026 contest theme is: The Unexpected Trains Magazine and the National Railway Historical Society are teaming up again to ...

What it's like to ride the most legendary railways around the world—from the Scottish Highlands to the Peruvian Andes.