A preliminary rendering of a Stadler locomotive for VIA Rail Canada. The final design may vary. VIA Rail Canada MONTREAL — The Canadian government will spend Ca$1.6 billion (U.S. $1.14 billion) to buy ...

Twenty-six cars of a Union Pacific coal train derailed in Eureka, Mo., on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Eureka Fire Protection District EUREKA, Mo. — Twenty-six cars of a 135-car Union Pacific coal train ...

The scene of a collision between a BNSF Railway train and standing cars at the railroad’s Globeville Yard in Denver on Aug. 5, 2025. A conductor suffered serious injuries in the accident. National ...

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Canada’s Alto high-speed rail project, which is currently in the process of determining the exact route for the Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City project, is running into growing local opposition along its ...

When Union Pacific Big Boy No. 4014 rolled into the East on Norfolk Southern rails this year — the 4-8-8-4’s first visit since leaving the American Locomotive Co.’s Schenectady, N.Y., plant in 1941 — ...

Two Big Boys, one photo shoot at Steamtown. Night photography session planned with Big Boys Nos. 4012 and 4014 to benefit the museum.

A Norfolk Southern coal train bound for North Carolina passes signals at Milepost 2.9 on the BL-Line in Tennessee on July 20, 2026. It was the first train on the route in eight years. Nathan Wike ...

CHICAGO — The South Shore Line will debut newly restored Nippon Sharyo railcar No. 3, restored to its 1982 as-built… ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at a ceremony near Bakersfield, Calif., on Jan. 6, 2025, to mark the start of track laying for the California high speed rail project. California High-Speed Rail ...

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Milwaukee Road history in a nutshell: A Milwaukee Road F7-class 4-6-4 steam locomotive leads an eastbound Hiawatha over the C&NW diamonds at Mayfair in northern Chicago in 1941. E. T. Harley photo ...