Leaving Kamloops, B.C., 14 hours late after laying over the previous evening, VIA’s westbound 21-car Canadian snakes around the curve at Kissick, B.C., 9 miles west of Kamloops, on May 17, 2026. The ...

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The Trains.com Workshop Webcam gives Trains.com subscribers a behind-the-scenes view of MR, CTT, and other magazine staff building projects.

Inside the former Rock Island Railroad Silvis, Ill. shops, Railroading Heritage of Midwest America crews begin the process of restoring Union Pacific Challenger No 3985 to operation. This week the ...

The shaded area shows the corridor under consideration for the Toronto-Quebec City high-speed line. The leader of Canada’s Conservative Party has vowed his party will kill the project if it comes to ...

Technological advancements in rail diesel propulsion came together in the Electro-Motive Division FT — “the diesel that did it” — with enough success to move motive power away from steam for good.

For years the Chicago & North Western operated Chicago’s most extensive commuter service. Its three routes were designated West, North, and Northwest. Those names also serve well to group C&NW’s lines ...

Friction bearings, also know as plain journal bearings, were contained within journal boxes, which held cotton waste impregnated with lubricating oil. The oil lubricates the axle end and bearing. In ...

The original Pennsylvania Railroad ran from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. Much of its subsequent expansion was accomplished by leasing or purchasing other railroads. Construction began in 1847. Two ...

Two Horizon trainsets used in Hiawatha service are coupled back-to-back in Amtrak’s Chicago coach yard Wednesday afternoon, March 26. To the left is the rear of the Lake Shore Limited equipment and ...

Train 99, the Coast Daylight, sails through Santa Barbara, Calif., in the early 1950s. Matching the colors of the train is GS-4-class 4-8-4 No. 4452, one of 28 built for Southern Pacific by Lima in ...

BNSF and Union Pacific trains meet at the Santa Fe Junction Flyover in Kansas City, Mo., in 2018. BNSF is urging regulators to reject the revised UP-Norfolk Southern merger application as incomplete.