A two-hour rail cruise into Mendocino County's redwood country to gawk at a colossal glowing tree is another. This season, ...

The U.S. has the most railroad tracks of any country, but we're not known for our passenger trains. A look at America's rail system and the trouble with passenger trains.

New York City’s first new transit line in decades, the $5.5 billion Interborough Express, could transform fast-growing parts ...

In 1921, Scottish inventor George Bennie patented a radical transportation system: a suspended monorail car propelled by ...

PLANT CITY, Fla. — A freight train derailed overnight in the Dover area of Hillsborough County. The derailment happened near Turkey Creek Road and Durant Road. Five train cars on the CSX train ...

With faster connections, new-generation trains and interesting destinations becoming more accessible, it's little wonder that ...

Sometimes the most interesting places are the ones that don’t advertise on every billboard between here and the state line. The Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad in Belton, Missouri is one of ...

In 1926, a luxury Long Island Rail Road express derailed in Calverton, killing six and destroying the Golden Pickle Works. The Railroad Museum of Long Island now wants a historic marker at the site as ...

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

Alicia Rovey of the All Fifty Club, a group of travel enthusiasts who want to visit all 50 states, visited five states with her family on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, which runs between Chicago and Los ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Emese Maczko is a travel writer covering sustainable travel. As the calendar flips past Thanksgiving, the season of ...

RAVENNA, Ohio — Police in Ravenna say a pedestrian is dead after being struck and killed by a CSX freight train Friday afternoon. The department says the victim was on the railroad tracks between ...