Tired of sitting in traffic, sucking up exhaust fumes, and dealing with road rage? If so, there's a national project you might want to hear about. It's called the Great American Rail-Trail, and its ...

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Rails to Trails Conservancy, the nation's largest trails, walking and biking advocacy organization, announced new momentum along the route of the Great American ...

At the height of America’s railroad era, steel tracks stitched the country together in ways that felt permanent. They crossed mountains, bridged rivers, and ran straight through the hearts of small ...

Some left to escape poverty or troubled families, others because it seemed a great adventure. At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.

Railroads helped build America, standardize time, open the West, connect markets and support industrial growth.

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Completely to the surprise of media pundits everywhere, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the SMART Transportation Division, the two largest rail worker unions in the U.S., ...

When completed, the ambitious Great American Rail-Trail will take hikers and bikers clear across the country from Washington, D.C., to Washington State. Not only will it be an epic journey from ...

Two boys waving to a freight train, Union Pacific Museum Since their first appearance on the American landscape, railroads -- and all the imagery they conjure up -- have featured prominently in works ...

With the acquisition of Universal Rail, American Track is re-branding the combined business as North American Rail Solutions The companies will operate under a consolidated umbrella, with American ...