The truck, carrying between 1500 and 2000 crates of bread, overturned shortly after 1am (AEST) on the F3 near the Morisset exit, a Fire and Rescue NSW spokesman said. Both northbound lanes of the ...

At the height of the Civil War, a smuggler-turned-Union spy came up with a daring plan. Leading a team of two dozen Union soldiers from Ohio, James Andrews would sneak behind enemy lines, steal a ...

A battery-powered train engine is helping a Canadian rail company reduce its emissions. A new lithium-ion powered locomotive designed by Cando Rail and Terminals is ditching diesel in favour of zero ...

Lionel Trains continued celebrating their 125th anniversary with the release of their Volume 2 catalog in mid July. First, an interesting note: the second Lionel catalog has typically been called ...

On a sliver of land in Jefferson Parish, between packed parking lots and near a helicopter landing pad, sits a bygone mode of transportation: a steam engine. The hulking Southern Pacific engine No.

SCRANTON, Pa. — A monumental piece of railroading history thundered back onto the tracks at the Steamtown National Historic Site on Friday, as the Nickel Plate 190 diesel locomotive powered to life ...

SCRANTON — More than 80 people stood on a Steamtown railroad platform Friday morning awaiting the arrival of a recently restored locomotive and the history it reflected. As the PA-4 Delaware ...

New Jersey Transit relies on more than 20 old-school diesel engines, including the United States’ oldest locomotive in regular passenger service. New Jersey Transit’s GP40 diesel engines, also known ...

California air regulators repealed a state rule Thursday that would have mandated rail operators phase out the diesel locomotives that traverse the state, but failed to get necessary federal approval.

Union Pacific has unveiled its Abraham Lincoln commemorative locomotive, honoring the president who signed the bill creating Union Pacific as part of the transcontinental railroad. “Union Pacific ...