it sat idling on the tracks in South Scranton on Sept. 19, 1977. When it slipped backwards out of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad yard and began an unscheduled trip to Edwardsville at 10:20 p.m. that ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Two people were struck and killed by a freight train Tuesday evening in the Kensington section of Philadelphia in what authorities described as a tragic accident. The victims ...
John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...