For the Claussen family that runs Gulf & Ohio rail, the Christmas Lantern Express is a sweet way to give back to the community.

The U.S. has the most railroad tracks of any country. And yet we’re not known for our passenger trains. Freight trains, on the other hand, are still widely used. So why can’t passenger trains be more ...

Now, a company called Halloway is taking private train cars directly to the public in January 2026.

Abstract: Effectively forecasting transect passenger flow plays a crucial role in enhancing urban rail transit operations and boosting service efficiency. Given the challenges in achieving high ...

December 3, 2025 A program of rail infrastructure projects now underway in Virginia’s congested rail corridor outside Washington, D.C. aims to accommodate planned expansions in passenger service while ...

Efforts to establish a new passenger rail line between three southeast Wisconsin cities and Chicago will take another step in December. The Milwaukee-Area-Racine-Kenosha Passenger Rail Commission will ...

An expansion at a York County railroad, more than three decades in the making, has reached a milestone. A train shed and woodshop have been built at Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village at Muddy Creek ...

Texas’ rail revival may feel improbable in a state built around highways, but the demand is there—even if the service isn’t, Bloomberg writes. A trip that should take four hours between Dallas and ...

For eight years or more the DOT has been spending federal funds on highway infrastructure and roads. Those highways have been costing the taxpayers more money, as opposed to restoring the rails. From ...

Metro-North’s Holiday Lights Train will begin 2025 operations on Friday, Nov. 28. The Long Island Rail Road will have its own version of the train. MTA/Emily Moser NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road ...

A "heavy-rail" commuter train rolling from Denver Union Station to Denver International Airport approaches the Havana Street railroad crossing. Walt Loevy, special to The Gazette A coalition of ...

Passengers on the busy Edinburgh-to-Glasgow train never saw the danger ahead. A lone cow had slipped through a vandalized wall and wandered onto the line, unnoticed by staff who assumed a single ...