Improved digital circuits installed in rail tracks allow operators to more closely monitor the condition of trains, their wheels and tell when tracks may be warped by intense heat. Think “advanced ...

Kentuckians can explore Thoroughbred horse farms, limestone hills and enjoy views of the Kentucky River from a new perspective: Riding the rails. . Rail Explorers in Versailles offers the chance to ...

A model train emerges from a covered bridge in Jingle Rails: The Great Western Adventure at the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis. The annual display features trains running on 1,200 feet of track past ...

A moving train fills the frame of a shaky video. A ladder looms, and hands grip the rungs. A blur of movement, and you're inside an open train car piled with coal, trees whipping by on either side.

America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as ...