There’s a certain kind of confidence that comes with driving the same road every single day. You know every bump, every ...

Thirty years have passed since the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific merger, which the Surface Transportation Board (STB) approved on Aug. 6, 1996, taking effect on Sept. 11, 1996. During the integration ...

Scottish mechanical engineer James Watt patents his design for the first practical steam engine, paving the way for the mechanized production of the Industrial Revolution. Asa Whitney presents a ...

B&O Railroad Museum changes its name as railroading bicentennial nears ...

Local keepers of the history of the Underground Railroad in the Chicago area and south suburbs are applauding progress of state legislation to create a statewide commission devoted to the subject.