The Opening Tunnel Shot in ‘Train Dreams’ Was a Happy Accident

Nothing beats being in the right place at the right time,” says cinematographer Adolpho Veloso of capturing the scene.

Riding the Shinkansen: Why Japan’s Bullet Train is Simply the Best on the Planet

It's fast, reliable, and smooth. Japan's Shinkansen (bullet train) rockets you across the country while offering breathtaking ...

How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants

U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired ...

2 big rail unions oppose $85B Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger over safety and cost concerns

The proposed $85 billion merger of the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads has lost the support of two unions that ...
Opinion

Without railway reform, your town could be the next East Palestine

Jess Conard is the founder of Rail Watch, a community rail safety service from East Palestine, Ohio.

MTA metalworkers close in on Governor’s goal: 100 more stations with platform barriers by year’s end

As part of the MTA’s push to install platform barriers in more than 100 stations across the City subway system, welders and ...

Privately owned Jefferson Railroad sold after more than two decades of operation

After more than 20 years of running excursion trains through East Texas, the owners of the privately held Jefferson Railroad ...
WRHI

Straight Talk 12-16-25: Jim Faris-his fabulous model trains in the Lowenstein Building

Jim Faris joins Manning Kimmel for Straight Talk. Get all the top stories delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday morning—just like the classic Sunday paper. Grab your coffee and catch up on ...