More Americans rode Amtrak trains than ever in 2024, as interest in passenger rail has seen a resurgence across the United States. Amtrak set its all-time ridership record for a fiscal year in ...

A year after its nighttime counterpart hit the rails, the highly anticipated daytime high-speed train linking Paris and Berlin is ready to launch on 16 December, Germany’s Deutsche Bahn has ...

Available across all ChatGPT platforms, the feature can be activated by tapping a snowflake icon beside the text box, making conversations with Santa as simple as saying “Ho Ho Ho!” ...

Here’s a guide to help you get started building a compact model train layout and maximizing every inch of your available space. When space is limited, choosing a smaller model train scale is often the ...

ST. LOUIS – Now through Dec. 31, the Train Shed restaurant inside Union Station has transformed into the Sleigh Shed holiday pop-up. With a menu full of specialty holiday cocktails and season ...

On the eve of a February 2015 rail strike, a Revelstoke train crew expressed concern about the procedure to separate rail cars carrying fuel oil from a train. The concerns were relayed up the chain ...

A new model of train capable of speeds of up to 180 miles per hour could be running on Amtrak lines as soon as next spring, provided the final testing stages go well. The new line of Acela trains ...

Train sets “can get more elaborate as time goes on,” Miller says. “People find little things over the year and they say, ‘I can save this for the Christmas layout.’ It’s like your ...

Please view our advertising policy and product review methodology for more information. After more than a decade of planning and years of tests, Amtrak's high-speed, next-generation Acela trains are ...

The E-unit creates a controlled short circuit, which deprives power to the motor used to pull the train. Along the same lines, blowing the whistle also robs the motor of power. If you’d prefer to run ...

Earlier this year, if you happened to be standing at a train station in New Jersey at a certain time of night, you might have seen a sleek new high-speed Acela zip by. The trains, which did 900 ...