In January 1976, Britain’s expanding North Sea oil industry was already reshaping the nation’s railways — and nowhere was ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A three-alarm fire ripped through several SEPTA buses in a Philadelphia storage yard. Several SEPTA buses catch fire in Philadelphia Officials said the fire tore through 7 to 10 ...

A 3,000-ton locomotive was careening down the tracks with no crew on board. Authorities tried—and failed—to stop it. Then one officer aimed his shotgun.

East Midlands Railway will switch to bi-mode Aurora fleet to cut emissions and noise but elsewhere electrification is delayed Rail and fossil fuels once helped to turn King’s Cross and St Pancras into ...

Much to delight of railway enthusiasts, diesel engines clag and snarl and belch out fumes, much to the consternation of just wanted to get to work on time. While the majority of high-speed railway ...

A freight recession, dizzying tariff and trade policies, and a plunge in commercial construction could have shaken the fragmented industrial outdoor storage sector. But the niche asset class has shown ...

FORT HOOD, Texas — The U.S. Army will commission its first fully battery-powered, zero-emission electric locomotive during a ceremony on Dec. 15 at the Fort Hood railhead. The locomotive, the first of ...

Ahead of their namesake, Black Friday sales have arrived. There’s no better time to get some new stuff, and that means there’s also no better time to get a new shed to store that stuff. That’s because ...

Rat Rod builder Joshua Joyce built a Cummins turbo diesel train to take his daughters to school. A custom, one-of-one hand-built rat rod designed after a coal mining train, The Rail Rat turns heads ...

One of the best uses of your time in the autumn is simply watching the leaves change. There are few better ways to do that than with a train ride. Most railways are fairly inexpensive, trains often go ...

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