The Niles Canyon Railway tries to keep quiet about these things ahead of time, for fear that everyone and his uncle, his brother and his dog will show up. Nonetheless, more than a few train ...

A Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 diesel locomotive, based on a Phase III prototype, is now available from Rapido Trains. The HO scale model features injection-molded plastic and die-cast metal construction, ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIT Rail Resources, an operating group of CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), and one of North America's largest railcar and locomotive lessors, announced today that it has signed ...

Five years after World War II ended, it became apparent to the railroads that steam locomotives were not the motive power of the choice. While a half dozen locomotive builders were assembling ...