A train's curved roof is a crucial engineering element, not just for aesthetics. This design significantly reduces air resistance, enhancing speed and energy efficiency. It also strengthens the ...

The orthopedic workforce shortage is widening — but not everywhere. While major cities like New York, Boston and Philadelphia remain well-staffed, less populated regions are struggling to attract and ...

There’s nothing quite like that feeling of running a “first train” on a new model railroad. Although the scenery is still ...

Apps make it easy to map our own cycling routes, but there’s something special about pedaling along a rail-trail. The new PBS documentary, From Rails to Trails, follows the 60-year fight to convert ...

Halloween is over, but the fright lives on. And, sometimes, fear comes from places or things you least expect, such as a weirdly shaped car grille ...

There’s a moment on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad when you’ll swear time travel is real – steam billowing overhead, wheels clacking rhythmically on narrow-gauge tracks, and New Mexico’s ...

The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in Peninsula offers exactly this—a journey that’s less about the destination and more about rediscovering the joy of slow travel. The railroad cuts through the ...

Philip Myers crosses the train tracks at the intersection of Northeast 33rd Street and North Dixie Highway on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Pompano Beach, Fla. Photo by Matias J. Ocner ...

If we are fortunate enough to have good genes, avoid fatal accidents, and escape catastrophic illness, it will come to all of ...

For two months, three friends have had one goal: to make a real-life historically accurate HO scale layout of the Abingdon ...