Amtrak should be asking itself a $7 billion question about the future of its long-distance trains. Should it spend that ...

Read a product review from Bob Keller about the new O scale 3rd Rail Models ViaRail Canada P42 diesel locomotive.

VIA Rail Canada, which released its quarterly report on June 3, brought in C$96.2 million in total revenue in first-quarter 2025, up 8.3% from the prior-year period, despite “significant operational ...

Amtrak launched twice-daily Mardi Gras service between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans on August 18, providing customers with the chance to travel via rail train along the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the ...

Since Amtrak’s beginning in 1971, its routes have evolved—and unfortunately, in many cases, devolved. In its early days, Amtrak took over several regional passenger services, inheriting a sprawling ...

Aside from metropolitan areas with established local or regional public transportation, it’s difficult for a non-motorist, non-flyer to get around the United States these days. I rarely fly, but I ...

DAUPHIN, Manitoba, Canada - At 101 First Ave., N., stands the former Canadian Northern Railway station built in 1912. Often called "Manitoba's most beautiful station," the building is of the Château ...