After a lost decade, he was saved by World War II, with work available in the Portland and Vancouver shipyards for almost ...

All over the United States, abandoned railways have been finding new life. Once the arteries of America’s industrial ...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) and the South-West Development Commission (SWDC) have begun discussions on a joint plan to revive abandoned and unserviced railway routes across the South-West.

An interim report into Winnipeg rail relocation recommends a short abandoned track in the Brooklands neighbourhood as a potential place to start. A 21-page report published by the province on Oct. 21 ...

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Adam Schofield and Shawna Simpson from Marlboro, Massachusetts pedal their Scenic Railriders cart named 'Susie' on the tracks at Morrill Farm in Penacook on Monday, October 12, 2020. The couple rode ...

In park-poor Queens, New York, residents starving for outdoor recreation were banking on an abandoned rail line to help fill the gap. The long-in-the-works QueensWay was going to transform 3.5 miles ...

BEMIDJI — The Bemidji City Council brought the Greater Bemidji YMCA project one step closer to fruition on Monday by approving a construction bid for soil remediation, site clean-up and mass grading.

The Johnson Canyon Tunnel is part of an abandoned rail line built in the 1800s, once used by the Santa Fe route before being abandoned in the 1960s. Trump administration looking to sell nearly 200 ...

Amtrak says two Wolverine trains could serve new facility, connect to VIA Rail Canada in Windsor, Ontario, with ‘minimal capital investment’ The proposed mutltimodal transportation hub at Michigan ...

It’s probably hard for people today to understand the importance of railroads prior to the 1950s. Until then, the nation’s railway system was not only the dominant means of transporting goods ...

Life in much of America today seems fractured, offering fewer opportunities for people to meet, mingle and feel part of the same community. But there is at least one exception: local rail trails — ...