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Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

Until the 1960s, railways dominated freight across every distance bar the shortest. Much freight went by sea, and some by truck. But then trucking grew, and grew, and grew, while rail’s share of ...

Longer trains have more cars, possibly a greater variety of car types and sizes, and more requirements for power distributed across the train in comparison with shorter manifest trains. Because of ...

You may be surprised to learn that, when you look at a massive, modern locomotive hauling miles of freight, you are looking at an electric vehicle. Contemporary locomotives have huge electric traction ...

Every year, thousands of military tanks and armored vehicles quietly travel across America without attracting much attention. Instead of highways, they rely on an enormous rail network capable of ...

The derailment of a 178-car freight train in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 5 in August 2017, which led to the release of hazardous materials and a fire, brought attention to potential safety ...