A governor, generals and scores of veterans were on hand to see Harriet Tubman posthumously became a one-star, brigadier ...

Here are some of the best trips you can take from Chicago’s Union Station — from a short ride across the state to a multi-day ...

Revered abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the first woman to oversee an American military action during a time of war, was ...

The locomotive will start rolling on the Rock Island Line later this month before moving to other of the rail agency's lines.

North America’s first hydrogen-powered passenger trainset planned for regular use is getting closer to entering service in ...

These small towns in the Alleghenies of West Virginia and Pennsylvania are often overlooked but have many hidden gems.

Inspired by abolitionist Sarah Grimké, this novel tackles themes of slavery and women's rights in early 19th-century Charleston This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel reimagines the Underground Railroad as ...

The National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, a National Park Service program, recently listed two additional Michigan sites, the Erastus and Sarah Hussey Store and House and Oak Hill Cemetery ...

Tech companies bring wi-fi and cell service to train tunnels. Commuters want to stay connected during their rides. But the ...

Industry groups behind the Uinta Basin Railway proposal want the Supreme Court to narrow the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act ...

On a sweltering July day this past summer, straphangers trying to get home on the J train were left to sweat it out on the platform. A 60-year-old power transformer in the subway system’s ...

Gary Allen Montelongo used coding and engineering to test how suspension systems can cause train derailments. His ...