A heritage railway charity is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Thomas with a 14-mile "big birthday adventure" train trip. The famous talking steam engine character was created by the Rev W Awdry, ...

A train engine that originally saw service over a century ago on the rail line that once carried passengers on a scenic ride up Mount Tamalpais is steaming back to life following a long journey ...

Many phrases have been used to describe the Mount Lowe Railway, an ambitious feat of engineering that, at the turn of the 20th century, was one of the most popular attractions in Southern California.

Two hundred rail ties. Eleven hundred feet of rail. Heavy-duty cable nearly a mile in length. After a recent wildfire put the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway out of commission, the months of repair ...