The Illinois Railway Museum isn’t just big—it’s the largest railway museum in America, and it makes most other museums look like static dioramas by comparison. When you first arrive at this sprawling ...

"Just as I stepped off the curb, a voice in my head said, 'Don’t take another step,' and it seemed like everything started ...

Earlier this week, Trinity Rail-Trinity Tank Car announced through a state-mandated WARN Act Notice that it plans to lay off ...

Hosted by the Beltrami Forest Historical Restoration Society, the self-guided tour featured stops at seven key sites of ...

On Tuesday, around 2:25 p.m., officers said they responded to the intersection of N. Church Street at W. Webb Avenue for a traffic crash involving a water tank under a railroad overpass.

Those lyrics from “Wreck of the Old 97,” a disaster ballad written in the early 20th century, were given renewed life for a new generation of listeners by Johnny Cash on his 1 ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Railroad enthusiasts had their fill of fun at Copeland Park Saturday during the 33rd annual La Crosse Rail Fair.

EAST PALESTINE — Norfolk Southern’s decision to vent and burn five tank cars of vinyl chloride following the 2023 train derailment is the center of the most recent lawsuit filed against the railroad ...

It’s a hands-on history lesson about what life was like before modern conveniences, when “running water” meant you were the one doing the running. A replica train engine sits proudly near the entrance ...

With recent news that the sale of Tank’s Bar & Grill fell through and the restaurant is to be auctioned, we thought we would take a look back at some of the history of Tank’s, which became an ...

On Tuesday, July 8, 1986, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a CSX Transportation Co. freighter suddenly derailed on a bridge. It was a 44-car Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train with tank cars carrying ...