Dale Desser, of Erie, doesn't want visitors to simply watch his spectacular model railroad. He invites people to operate it.

The thunder of modern motive power and the rumble of long trains rolling through Colorado’s Rocky Mountain passes caught Bill ...

In Williamstown in 1901, a coal car ran into the Williamstown Manufacturing store house, collapsing the building. The advent of diesel engines — the first one to go through Pittsfield was in 1944 — ...

(credit: Colorado Department of Transportation) The railroad announced the closure of the Burnham Yard in late 2015, basing its decision on a sudden decline in the demand for coal.