John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

The saga of the unwelcome guest from New York, a traveling trash train filled with 2,000 tons of rotting garbage, became two sagas Wednesday night. The longer part left Illinois and the shorter part ...

Amtrak, the nation’s passenger rail system, and Conrail, the dominant freight railroad in the Northeast, face the threat of a strike that most likely would begin in June. Although a strike could come ...

Robbing a freight train is surprisingly easy, if you know how. The darkness of night provides the cover. With a stopped or slow-moving train that`s fully loaded and stretched out for a mile, often the ...

Like clockwork, Emmaus resident Vera Miller knows what to do when she hears her kitchen pans rattle and smells the whiff of diesel fumes seep through her open windows. The vibrating ruckus and noxious ...