Completed in 1879 by prison labor, the tunnel helped bring trains to the Blue Ridge Mountains and open up Western North ...

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Many Michigan towns find their roots along the railroad tracks that connected people nationwide for nearly a hundred years. And while train traffic isn’t what it once was, the impact of railways can ...

Norfolk Southern will soon send trains up the Old Fort Loops, which climb the Eastern Continental Divide in the Blue Ridge ...

The former Pennsylvania Railroad Master Mechanic’s Building in Altoona, pictured in the 1960s. Today, this building is home to the Railroaders Memorial Museum. Courtesy of the Railroaders Memorial ...

Fewer Pennsylvanians ride the state’s rail these days, but a network of train lovers work like locomotives to preserve the commonwealth’s rich railroad heritage. Craig Sansonetti, president of the Ma ...