This video captures the heart-pounding moment I lined up beside a moving train and hit the throttle. Every second became a ...

There was a learning curve to riding it. Unlike a modern motorcycle, it doesn’t have a hand clutch or foot shifter, both on ...

HILLSIDE, Ill. (WLS) -- People living near railroad tracks in west suburban Hillside are making some noise about freight train horns that blow at all hours of the night. Rail officials say they have ...

Reader question: Does Fox Crossing have an ordinance about when trains must blow their horns and how loud it is? I live 2 miles from the railroad crossing on West Prosect Avenue and 2 miles from the ...

Picture this scene. You are waiting at a railway platform, luggage at your feet, phone in one hand and chai in the other. The announcements echo through the station, the crowd sways like a school of ...

Encinitas will try its luck by submitting three, railroad-related grant requests all at once to a Federal Railroad Administration program, the City Council unanimously decided Wednesday. Preparing ...

RAVE to the Amtrak conductor who honked the horn of a passing train just for me. I’m a rail enthusiast, and I was feeling blue. That honk made my day! Double rave to passengers and onlookers who wave ...