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 ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — In Pinellas Park, there's an age-old business that not only survived the pandemic but grew stronger because of it. Like the real-life steel titans, their models are made to ...

A PATH conductor attempting to drive a crowded train, unaware that it had derailed. Crewmen not watching as the trains they're supposed to be operating roll over improperly aligned switches. A Conrail ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Failures at every level, from both Conrail and first responders, contributed to a dangerous situation during the Paulsboro train derailment and chemical spill in 2012, but the ...

It was a new year in the dead of winter when a northbound Amtrak train derailed not long before it would make its next stop in Delaware. Around 1:30 p.m., Amtrak Train 94 collided with a Conrail train ...

A Conrail engineman lost his job as the result of an Aug. 28, 1977, train crash on the Rockville Bridge. According to reports in The Patriot, six cars and three engines of two Conrail freight trains ...