Leaving Kamloops, B.C., 14 hours late after laying over the previous evening, VIA’s westbound 21-car Canadian snakes around the curve at Kissick, B.C., 9 miles west of Kamloops, on May 17, 2026. The ...

Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific locomotives lead a westbound CPKC freight at Brookfield, Wis., on July 9, 2026. David Lassen A Union Pacific executive said this week in a message to shippers ...

A South Shore train from Chicago’s Millennium Station to Munster/Dyer heads through downtown Hammond, Ind., on July 7, 2026, on the viaduct over the Grand Calumet River, Indiana Harbor Belt, and ...

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Technological advancements in rail diesel propulsion came together in the Electro-Motive Division FT — “the diesel that did it” — with enough success to move motive power away from steam for good.

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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 ...

A New York TV crew prepaes to record the departure of the Boston-bound NextGen Acela inaugural run at New Haven, Conn., on Aug. 27, 2025. Two members of the House of Representatives have reintroduced ...

Fairbanks-Morse’ distinctive Erie-Built diesel locomotives were the builder’s entry into the six-axle passenger locomotive market. FM sold 111 total units between December 1945 and February 1949. They ...

Getting started in model railroading can be a daunting task, even for those with experience and knowledge regarding prototype (i.e. real-life) railroading. We’ve been asked in the past what we at ...

A Union Pacific train with UP and Norfolk Southern power crosses UP’s diamond with NS at Momence, Ill., on April 10, 2022. David Lassen Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first ...

EMD DDA40X: In 1968, Union Pacific purchased 50 20-cylinder, 3,600 hp EMD SD45s for high-speed service. However, the units did not meet management’s expectations in that role. So, UP commissioned EMD ...