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 ...

The AC-9 articulated steamers were another very important historical steam engine that should have been saved by Southern Pacific and put in the Sacramento Train Museum. Sadly, that did not happen. I ...

It's not exactly a bullet train. A new high-speed Amtrak train has officially made its first tracks along the Northeast Corridor. The NextGen Acela had its inaugural ride from Washington, D.C., to New ...

The last Louisiana-built steam engine left in the state has survived the scrap heap for a century, thanks to a dedicated band of volunteers and self-described "train nuts." But the old locomotive is ...

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 ...

Fortescue has taken the wraps off a prototype of its proposed “Infinity Train” electric locomotive, making the 1,100 km (about 685 miles) trip from Perth to the Pilbara and marking a major milestone ...

LOS ANGELES – “How to Train Your Dragon” took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth. The Universal live-action adaptation of the beloved animated franchise ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – A damaged CSX locomotive has been removed from the state Route 281 corridor. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation worked with CSX Sunday to enable crews to place the train ...

The MTA is beginning the process of replacing its older work trains with newer and more environmentally friendly ones. Only CBS News New York got the opportunity to ride the MTA's new battery-diesel ...

Kids and their parents were among the visitors who watched with fascination as trains rolled past on the six scale miles of mainline track at the Lake County Model Railroad Club in Wauconda Saturday.