On Christmas Eve in 1953, a train in New Zealand plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed beneath it. The Tangiwai disaster remains the country’s worst rail tragedy, claiming dozens of lives.

Experience two of the world’s most scenic trains in New Zealand: The TranzAlpine and Coastal Pacific on the South Island.

A family who poured their life savings into a unique tourist attraction in Concord, New Hampshire is now fighting to save it.

New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike Friday, leaving an estimated 100,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying ...

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And then there it is: a magnificent steam engine that looks like it just rolled out of a time machine, billowing clouds of white steam into the Connecticut sky with the kind of dramatic flair that ...

The Essex Steam Train solves this modern problem by offering a journey through the Connecticut River Valley where the scenery doesn’t become a meaningless blur and you actually have time to notice ...

Riding a historic steam train from 300-foot-tall redwoods to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk might be the best way to sightsee in ...