Known popularly as the KATY, the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad was a major force in the development of the west, linking Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri and Salina, Kansas to the port of Galveston, Texas.

One of the most exciting tourist railroads in the United States is the Grand Canyon Railway located in northern Arizona.

When Amtrak began, only the Empire Builder and Chicago-to-Milwaukee corridor service were spared. By November, 1971, Amtrak was ready for some new Wisconsin trains.

Travel to old Cape Cod with Pentrex as we look back over ten years of change – from 1999 to 2009 – on the former New Haven Old Colony line.

The California Western Railroad heads forty miles inland, climbing over a rugged coastal mountain range. This historic line is known for its Skunk Motorcars.

The odyssey resumes in Michigan, shortly after B&O had merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Volume 2, which covers the years 1965 to 1968, from noted railroad photographer Emery Gulash.

Volume Three carries you along the rails in the dead of winter, when temperatures are minus 30 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit and you’re lucky if you see five hours of daylight.

Watch Frisco 1522 lead the Peach Blossom Special to the NRHS National Convention in Atlanta. Traveling from St. Louis, Missouri to Birmingham, Alabama, the powerful 4-8-2 ran on its home rails for the first time in almost 50 years.