Two cameras positioned on top of the Johnstown train station will now broadcast rail traffic globally as part of the Virtual Railfan streaming platform starting Dec. 2. This project was made possible ...

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.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Michigan's first live train cameras have been installed in Battle Creek. Virtual Railfan held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday at Community Action, and invited train enthusiasts ...

SLATON, Texas (KCBD) - In his younger years, it was common for Bill Wagner to spend his free time following trains. In the summer of 1970, Wagner, then a student at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill., ...

Joe Oliver stood on the platform at 125th Street, positioning his camera to capture the exact moment the sparkling new A train pulled into the station on its first day carrying straphangers. “You have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hilarious footage showing 'the world's most excited trainspotter' going loco over some 'special heritage equipment' is gathering pace online. The short video, filmed by the as yet unnamed railfan, ...

It’s been a long time since the golden age of rail in North America. With the push to further develop airplanes during World War II, travel after the war became much faster and easier by air. Still, ...

The tribute reads like something that might be written for a rock star who died too soon: “We will never forget you. Let your warm-hearted soul RIP.” Those words, however, part of a YouTube video ...