Trains come and go from Houston every day, carrying the things that end up in stores and factories around the region. None of them get the attention or attract the crowds of Union Pacific’s Big Boy.

Attention, Illinois train lovers: You've got one last chance to catch Union Pacific's iconic 4014 Big Boy steam engine before the locomotive chugs away. The classic train stopped in three Illinois ...

The Katy would make money from selling excursion tickets to folks who wanted to see the big event. It even offered a deal: $2 round-trip from anywhere in the Lone Star State. The big day finally ...

This week, the first NextGen Acela departed from Washington, DC. Amtrak's newest high speed train, the NextGen Acela tops out at 160 mph and features a new tilt system to make those high speeds feel ...

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains will be replaced by new electric cars, ...

Back before streaming films on Netflix, before TV or radio or records or movies — in fact, before any electronic entertainment — folks took pleasure in the simple things in life. Like watching two ...