Soon after the first railroad bought the second locomotive it became apparent that some rules of the road were needed. There had to be a way to keep a following locomotive from running into the one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photograph: Marc A. Hermann Your next ride on the D train might feel a little less like a time capsule from the 1980s. The MTA has ...

You may be surprised to learn that, when you look at a massive, modern locomotive hauling miles of freight, you are looking at an electric vehicle. Contemporary locomotives have huge electric traction ...

Train heists seem like the kind of crime left behind with wagon trails and high-noon duels, but the problem is a major headache in our modern world. A new fascinating deep dive by the New York Times ...

The New York metro will be welcoming 535 state-of-the-art, next-generation subway cars. Credit: MTA New York City Transit / Marc A.Hermann Transport systems around the world are in a race against time ...

More modern trains are hitting the city’s subway tracks, MTA officials announced Thursday. Since March, just one train made up of the agency’s newest subway cars — called R211s — has operated on the A ...

For decades, the Federal Railroad Administration had effectively banned modern European trains from American mainline rail networks. European and Asian manufacturers have been slimming down their ...