There’s no denying the magical appeal of trains – the nostalgia, the sheer power, the thrill of the journey. And there’s no ...

Trains captured Geoffrey Baer’s heart early on. Growing up in Highland Park, “we were one house away from what was back then ...

The GeekWire Podcast rides on Sound Transit's 2 Line, taking the world's first light rail on a floating bridge from Seattle ...

In the new special Riding the Rails, Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago’s past and present trains and railroad lines and explains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEVEN VALLEYS, Pa. (WHTM) — Giving new meaning to the term “riding the rails,” a York County railroad offers a bit of an adventure ...

WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer joins Bob Sirott to talk about his new special “Riding The Rails” on WTTW that focuses on the rich ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - A Dubuque group is working to reinstate passenger rail service connecting Chicago to Dubuque, hoping to transform the more than three-hour drive into a train ride. Paul Uzel, a ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — There’s a new way to ride the rails in Rhode Island: by pedaling a rail bike beside picturesque Narragansett Bay. Rail Explorers opened in Portsmouth in April as part of the Newport ...

After more than 16,000 applications, the much-talked about Amtrak Residency program announced today it had picked 24 writers to take long-distance routes across the country and get a chance to work on ...

For the past two years, the Canadian Pacific Railway’s “Holiday Train” has helped to raise money for charities by trekking across Canada from Montreal to Vancouver, British Columbia. But this year the ...