Mud can stop a Sounder Train. Lately, a man who climbed a tree near the rail tracks in Seattle, and mechanical problems have halted the Sounder commuter trains too. One of my KIRO Radio listeners ...

A Nashville steam locomotive inoperative for more than 60 years could once again cruise the rails. According to reports, locomotive No. 576 was donated to Metro Parks in 1952 after hauling troops and ...

I am responding to letters about MARC trains and their operations. One letter from a reader stated he didn't know why MARC locomotives idle all the time when they are in the rail yard ("MARC on idle ...

Locomotive aftermarket communication and technology products supplier ACS Railroad Solutions (ACSRS) and Norfolk Southern, with assistance from Knoxville Locomotive Works (KLW), are partnering on an ...

About 100 workers with several agencies in Birmingham and Jefferson County assisted in the first leg of moving a 1917 vintage locomotive from Fair Park this morning. The move began shortly after 8 a.m ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska — With fall and winter temperatures routinely below zero — a high temperature of minus-20 was forecast for Saturday — it is common for drivers in Fairbanks to idle their vehicles to ...

Hundreds of locomotives are sitting idle in Southern Arizona — a stark illustration of the impact of the energy market’s recession on the railroad industry. Nationwide, about 1,400 Union Pacific ...

A few feet away from the heart of downtown sits Dick Perkins’ once-consuming hobby: a 1927 steam locomotive. But these days, the railroad tracks are hardly visible in the dense overgrowth and the ...