The 19th century became a heyday of American railroads, as business magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt built an empire on the backs ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Things are changing down at the depot, and a new exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago aspires to show how the 19th century world of trains and railroad stations is being transformed ...

A 19th century Connecticut train station is welcoming in a new passenger as Mine Hill Distillery has opened The Crooked Rail in the former home of the Roxbury train station. The Crooked Rail is a ...

Hidden in the mountains northwest of Sydney is one of the most unusual railway designs ever built. Instead of climbing the steep terrain directly, the train reverses direction multiple times, ...

The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station, a 120,000-sf, attraction built inside the footprint of a 500,000-sf 19th century iron umbrella train shed, has recently opened. The aquarium is the centerpiece ...