For decades, migrants have been riding north through Mexico aboard a freight train nicknamed "La Bestia." An NPR reporter hopped on board to ask some migrants why they do it. Kids are gonna be ...

Riding the rails is one of the best ways to see the United States. Yes, Amtrak is a beleaguered institution. But these trains ...

This summer, I was determined to take a train across the United States ... mountains, rivers; through coal plants, suburban backyards, vast cornfields, and the occasional Big American City ...