It’s been a long time since the golden age of rail in North America. With the push to further develop airplanes during World ...

True confession (as if you didn’t know): I am a railfan. But don’t call me a “foamer!” People who love trains come in all shapes and sizes, but “foamer” is a term they universally hate. “Foamers” is ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Dave Abeles of Lebanon, N.J., and his brother, Ben Abeles of Winterstown, Pa., (from left) talk trains with Josh Hollands of Bistow, Va., on The Station Inn front ...

Railfans will have to find a new place to sit on the new regional rail trains. SEPTA has decided to permanently rope off the first bench in every new Silverliner V train, that’s the seating that sits ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There are probably more glamorous places to spend a summer day than a track side parking lot in Chehalis, but there's no place my teenage son, Cooper, would rather be right now.

Matthew Razpotnik, 15, of Saltsburg, Pa., takes a photo while his grandmother, Deb Dietrick, also of Saltsburg, waves to an oncoming train during their stay at the Fallston Flagstop Railfan B&B on ...

GREENCASTLE, Pa. (WHTM) – A rail camera in Franklin County caught a near miss between a speeding freight train and a family taking pictures along the tracks Sunday afternoon. The camera, owned and ...

Because you asked for it! Okay, well maybe you didn't. But that's not stopping Ongakukan from bringing out a follow up to its early PS3 train simulation, Railfan. Titled Railfan Taiwan Koutetsu, this ...

Railfan was competing with Konami's Mahjong Fight Club for the prize of "PS3 launch title we'll buy only because it's a launch title." But then we found out something surprising! In addition to giving ...