As always, we tried to it as simple as possible, but in a comprehensive way. We tried to give you an overview of the development of the American railways from their beginnings until modern days, with ...

It's hard to tell the history of the Northwoods without including the railroads. When the locomotive came to Wisconsin, so did new towns and settlers.

To commemorate 200 years of American rail in 2027, the B&O Railroad Museum has launched the website Americanrail200.org. This ...

American history has always been made of the railway. It is a means of transportation and a source of economic growth, and of ...

A giant of New Jersey railroad preservation, Michael Del Vecchio of Randolph, who was a prominent railroad magazine editor and author, musician and volunteer firefighter, died on Aug. 31 at age 63 ...

As much as they had in common, they used to not talk to each other very much. They were two different groups, each with a deep and abiding interest in the history of one of two 19 th century railroads ...