Railroad

Amtrak and NJ Transit are cutting NYC train service for five weeks this fall. Here’s what travelers need to know. \\ The disruptions are tied to the final phase of the Portal North Bridge project, which is replacing the aging, 116-year-old Portal Bridge over New Jersey’s Hackensack River. Crews will move the final track from the old bridge onto the new one, temporarily leaving just one track available between Newark and Secaucus and limiting the number of trains that can run into New York Penn Station.

A $500,000 federal grant will fund security upgrades at the future train station, part of a $112.5 million project to restore passenger rail service to the area by 2031.

In todays video I explore this abandoned railroad on my mini electr...

Until our own times, the nineteenth century saw some of the most profound changes in social structure and population movements in the history of the world. Nearly all the food the Chinaman ate came from China, with the exception of American chickens or in Canada salmon, so about once a week a supply car would come from San Francisco

For over 150 years, a caboose followed at the end of almost every freight train. See more in Season 2, Episode 5, "Trains: The Caboose."f#TrainsUnlimited Sub...

Learn about the history of Union Station DC, our superbly-restored, historic, mixed-use, intermodal transportation, and shopping center today!

Amtrack DC to Boston