The state Department of Transportation will host an online public meeting on Feb. 19 on the long-sought restoration of ...

Plans for Metro-North Railroad to operate trains between Grand Central Terminal and Albany may have run aground because ...

As I reported on Aug. 27, 2025, Andy Byford, New York’s beloved “Train Daddy,” is back in town. He earned his local fame ...

Economic historians usually are mistaken when looking at the causes of the Panic of 1857. Douglas E. French sets the record ...

Bill Flood, DEEP’s media relations manager, said 14 train cars derailed, and the cars were carrying flammable fuel. Mansfield Fire Chief John Roache said crews were conducting air monitoring and, as ...

Before there were thrill rides, costumed characters, nightly fireworks spectaculars and millions of out-of-towners, Central Florida had a very big draw for tourists: The sun. The warmth and natural ...

In December 2006, a freight train carrying grain derailed in Mansfield near the Coventry line, according to past reporting from the Journal Inquirer. Two cars tipped over, with grain spilled, and ...

When Joe Ritchie thinks of his childhood in public housing in Cohoes, New York, he thinks of black dust. As a kid, Ritchie remembers playing on his neighborhood playground and watching dark dust ...

The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the ...

As you travel our great country, don't miss these strange roadside attractions you'll find just off interstates all around ...

Less than three months after announcing Metro-North was dipping its toe in the water to extend limited Hudson Line commuter rail service beyond its regular Poughkeepsie terminus to Albany, the ...