A presentation ceremony for one of the boxcars from the Merci Train sent from France to the U.S. was held on Feb. 6, 1949, in the Fourteenth Street yards opposite the Bureau of Engraving and Printing ...

Low, leaden clouds overhead that Friday morning 158 years ago this month set a somber tone. A locomotive chugged out of Washington railroad depot at precisely 8 a.m. It took two hours to reach ...

People often ask me what my favorite boards have been over the years. Most of the time I will talk about boards that just flat out rode better than the rest — I mean, those would obviously be the ...

Jim Fox can tell you why railroad engines have "cow catchers": He once was on a train when it plowed into some cows. Jim and his wife, Patty, spend their retirement days in Fargo, near Perham, Minn., ...

ALL the old-time range men of validity whom I have known remember horses with affection and respect as a part of the best of themselves. After their knees have begun to stiffen, most men realize that ...

Eighty years ago, Europe was finally quiet. Planes no longer dropped bombs, tanks sat stationary, rattling machine guns fell silent. After six bloody years, World War II was at last over on the ...