The Amtrak train derailment in Philadelphia is raising a lot of questions about safety. Doug Riddell, a retired locomotive engineer, says, "The first responsibility of any railroader is safety." ...

Two and a half years after a train derailment in Ohio, major freight railroads have not joined a federal program aimed at ...

Robert Rodriguez, a steam locomotive engineer with the Disneyland Railroad, sits inside the cab on the fireman’s side of Engine #2 of the line, the E.P. Ripley.

“Whether I’m fireman or I’m engineer, it’s always a pleasure to be up in the cab,” she said. For more information about the railroad, go to stewartstownrailroadco.com or call 717-746-4998.

Former Hialeah Railroad Engineer Says Job Gave Him Three Kinds of Cancer In his 15 years with the Florida East Coast Railway (FERC), Natale Sacco performed many jobs.

Edward P. McGee Sr. began his 47-year career with the railroad shoveling coal in the old steam engines. The work was hard, but the pay was solid. Ultimately, he became a locomotive engineer on Metr… ...

Engineer railroad lover rebuilds Poughkeepsie’s past - in miniature Sabrina Sucato Special to Poughkeepsie Journal 0:00 ...

In a story Aug. 15 about a female railroad engineer, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Ramona Dockter was the first woman to work as a railroad engineer in the United States.

James Curran, an engineer for Union Pacific railroad, designed the world's first ski chairlift. It debuted in Dec. 1936 with the opening of Sun Valley resort in Idaho.