Railroads have played a very important part in American history. After the Civil War, the railroad industry became one of the nation's largest employers and provided many inventors with an ongoing source of inspiration. In 1897, a young...

A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting railway cars in a train. The design of these couplings is a standard almost as important as the railway gauge, since flexibility and convenience are maximised if the couplings can work together no...

A COUPLE were today convicted of the manslaughter through gross negligence of two children who were allowed to play on a railway line and were killed by a train. Gareth and Amanda Edwards - the stepfather and mother of one of the two...

Despite well-publicised problems, Britain's privatised railways look poised for dramatic growth "NO WAY to run a railroad" would probably sum up most Britons' attitudes to the division of the railway system into 25 different train-operating companies (TOCs) three years ago. The privatised...

I was in college the night I met him. And even after all these years, the thing I remember most is the unexpected, very physical shiver that immediately ran up my spine when he looked at me. He’s It, that shiver said. We talked, we...

The famously dysfunctional couple at the head of France's main opposition Socialist Party is breaking up.Segolene Royal had shown little delicacy in sweeping aside Francois Hollande _ Socialist party boss and the father of her four children _ to bid for the French presidency herself....