Hailed as the “Lady Engineer” who “took the pain out of the train,” Olive Wetzel Dennis made her lasting mark on passenger service and paved the path for future female civil engineers. Lauren A.

Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ever ...

Crystal Trent, the first Black woman to work as a locomotive engineer for San Diego County, stands in front of a Coaster train. Trent started working for the North County Transit District as a ...

HONOR CHANGEMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND TODAY WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TRAIN ENGINEER FOR UNION PACIFIC. AS QUANECIA FRASER TELLS US, SHE HOPES TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF ...