“I like the way the branches move in the wind — it creates interesting geometry with the railroad tracks,” said Jason, 17, who lives nearby and occasionally walks the abandoned tracks. “It feels like ...

Some routes, of course, are superior to others, serving up memorable views from the observation car—or a private roomette.

Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Erik Henderson from Esri covers five interesting applications of GIS in rail to improve safety, increase efficiency, and ...

Apr. 23—"When we wrote the Trail Stewardship Grant, we committed to holding an annual cleanup day and this is the first one!" beamed Diane Magone, chairperson of the Mineral County Rails to Trails ...

U.S. rail traffic continues to run ahead of 2024 levels, with increases in both carload and intermodal traffic. Statistics ...

There is no better way to take a leisurely trip than by train. There is so much natural beauty across the United States just ...

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

Before the Trump administration’s cuts, members of the civilian federal work force were in every state and in thousands of ...

Amtrak, the national rail operator, operates more than 300 trains every day to more than 500 destinations, with 21,000 route ...