As he approached his final days in recent weeks, Ross E. Rowland could look back secure in the knowledge that U.S. steam — ...

From the 17th century fur trade to today's iron ore industry, the Great Lakes has a long and important history of maritime ...

The soul and body of railroad brakeman Will “Wid” Somers were, in the words of the Allen County Democrat, “uncoupled” in December 1879.

For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended because of the Trump administration's elimination of a federal grant program ...

Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track.

A little-known Amtrak route offers some of America’s most breathtaking scenery, as well as a trip under one of the highest US ...