Meet the freight train, reborn. Railroading helped define development in the United States, but by the 1970s it seemed doomed to gradual decay and obsolescence. Today, it is a growth industry.

Now, the freight industry is heading in a direction where trains may only have one worker on board: an engineer, who is the person driving the train. This is a future that many railroaders tell ...

Debris from a Norfolk Southern freight train lies scattered and burning along the tracks on Feb. 4, 2023, the day after it derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

Work has started to fit equipment for digital in cab signalling to the iconic High Speed Trains (HSTs), a symbol of British ...