Here’s a closer look at how Amtrak determines when to retire a train and where it ends up after it has been replaced.

Ira Silverman was always on the go. In the late 1960s, the train enthusiast enrolled in Northwestern University’s Transportation Center in Evanston, nea

Dario Costa has completed a world-first aviation maneuver in Afyonkarahisar, Türkiye, landing his Zivko Edge 540 on a cargo train traveling at maximum operational speed, before lifting off again in a vertical pull from the same container.

Abraham Lincoln as a Railroad Lawyer is a fascinating story with some “timely” connections to issues today. A bonus addition to this story is a look at “Lincoln as a Businessman.”

In the 1950s, a new kind of locomotive made even extreme hills easy for trains to climb. But this extra-powerful engine came with significant downsides.

The “bad news” I was told was that “you’re going to have to take an overnight train from Kyiv to Yalta.” My simple response: “Well, what’s the bad news?”

From grand Beaux-Arts halls to coastal depots, these Amtrak stations are destinations you can explore on foot from the moment you arrive.