This excerpt from "Biking Uphill in the Rain" explores Seattle's resurgence in bicycle use in the 1970s, and the influences behind it (including an old railroad line).

On Jan. 28, 2004, a freight train hauling 119 empty grain cars and three locomotives was traveling from Pasco, Wash. to Great ...

Trains could return to a long-dormant section of the former Maine Central Mountain Subdivision in New Hampshire and Vermont, ...

But before the Champlain Parkway can open, it means closing.The concept for the Champlain Parkway, a highway through Burlington’s South End, was first conceived back in the 1960s. After decades of ...

Widening the New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 4 will upgrade a section of the highway largely unchanged since it opened on Nov. 5, 1951. But the $2 billion project, slated to begin next ...

Nestled in the southwest corner of the Iowa’s portion of the unglaciated Driftless Area, the countryside around Oelwein is ...

MISSOULA — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently delivered its final daily long-distance report to Congress with only one new long-distance route being recommended for development.

What Freight Railroads Do Railroad companies operate ... and Berkshire Hathaway’s (BRK.A) Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) jointly run routes throughout the Western U.S. Norfolk Southern ...

Not surprisingly, they were termed “Silverliners,” and this nomenclature has survived the Budd Co.’s exit from the railroad passenger-car business. In retrospect, the Burlington Route embraced the ...

PITTSFIELD — It didn’t take Berkshire Crossing very long to fill the space vacated by Staples last month. Burlington Stores, formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory, told The Eagle on Friday it ...

The certificate would be issued next week, after which the railway board would make the final decision on its deployment in services and the route. During the current trials, the sleeper train ...

With terrifying videos showcasing just how unfriendly the skies can be now regularly cropping up on social media and in the news, the anxiety-making analysis reveals which routes are the most ...