In the past few years, the railway industry has been willing to at least consider technologies once thought to be unusual or unconventional—autonomous or semi-autonomous freight and passenger trains, ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - More than 60 years after the last passenger train left Eau Claire, plans are underway to restore rail service that could once again transform the Chippewa Valley. A loud ...

AmeriStarRail, which for some time has been proposing privately owned and operated passenger service on the Northeast Corridor, has gone in a new direction with its latest proposal — literally and ...

A Federal Railroad Administration study calls for Amtrak to double the service it offers on long-distance overnight trains like this one in New Mexico. Several Southwest states are eying intercity or ...

HELENA, Mont. — Following decades of penny-pinching, the first half of the 2020s appeared to be the beginning of a golden age for passenger rail investment in the United States. Since 2021, Amtrak has ...

A proposed revival in passenger train service between Nogales, Sonora, and Mexico City is generating excitement among potential users in Mexico and Arizona, while raising concerns its construction ...

RAILWAY AGE JANUARY 2025 ISSUE: Should we welcome—or dread—2025? That is O’Toole’s Commentary on the infamous “Murphy’s Law.” Infamous anti-passenger rail activist Randal O’Toole did not originate it ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Diesel-powered trains will thunder west from Denver through the Continental Divide to Granby starting late next year, marking the first stage in a multi-year ...

As the years rolled on, passenger trains became faster, safer, and more comfortable. In the 50 years between 1865 and 1916, the American rail network grew from 35,000 miles to more than 250,000 miles.

MANKATO — When an updated Minnesota statewide rail plan is written beginning this month, it won’t include any full-throated call by Mankato city leaders to bring passenger trains to the city. Other ...

A "heavy-rail" commuter train rolling from Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport approaches the Havana Street railroad crossing. The popular airport trains have stimulated ridership ...

Since the rise of commercial air travel, getting from one place to another has been about speed. Train travel, on the other hand, celebrates the opposite — a slower, more scenic, and far more ...