Railroads transformed the world. They stitched together cities and continents, turning once-distant destinations into reachable places. While their role in daily transportation has diminished in many ...

Bill Habjan, a retired doctor from Lebanon, Oregon, makes the 160-mile round trip to the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland’s Central Eastside twice a week to work on an old engine. “When a steam ...

The John Emery Rail Heritage Trust has selected 18 projects for its annual rail preservation grants, awards totaling $250,000. The Trust is the largest in the U.S. that makes 100% of its awards solely ...

In this supplied photo, the Polson #2 steam engine heads southeast from Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Southeast Portland. kLik / Oregon Rail Heritage Center Portland’s railway museum is about to buy ...

Heritage railways have been badly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Dan Shorthouse. When UK-based events company PNP Events decided to cancel its Polar Express trains running through the ...

It is a significant weekend for railway enthusiasts across Britain. Celebrations are taking place to mark 200 years since "the birth of the modern railway" - the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 ...

Discover how the resurgence of railway tourism in India, through luxe heritage trains and themed circuits, is redefining ...

Wensleydale Railway in Yorkshire has completed a full overhaul of its heritage Mark 2 carriages ahead of its Christmas Polar Express services.