It’s been a long time since the golden age of rail in North America. With the push to further develop airplanes during World War II, travel after the war became much faster and easier by air. Still, ...

True confession (as if you didn’t know): I am a railfan. But don’t call me a “foamer!” People who love trains come in all shapes and sizes, but “foamer” is a term they universally hate. “Foamers” is ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Dave Abeles of Lebanon, N.J., and his brother, Ben Abeles of Winterstown, Pa., (from left) talk trains with Josh Hollands of Bistow, Va., on The Station Inn front ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There are probably more glamorous places to spend a summer day than a track side parking lot in Chehalis, but there's no place my teenage son, Cooper, would rather be right now.

Railfans will have to find a new place to sit on the new regional rail trains. SEPTA has decided to permanently rope off the first bench in every new Silverliner V train, that’s the seating that sits ...

GREENCASTLE, Pa. (WHTM) – A rail camera in Franklin County caught a near miss between a speeding freight train and a family taking pictures along the tracks Sunday afternoon. The camera, owned and ...

Because you asked for it! Okay, well maybe you didn't. But that's not stopping Ongakukan from bringing out a follow up to its early PS3 train simulation, Railfan. Titled Railfan Taiwan Koutetsu, this ...