"Last night, we achieved an incredible feat by breaking the world record for the longest distance traveled by a battery-powered train under a single charge. Now, this basically means a train which ...

For nearly 200 years, trains have chugged along the Strasburg Rail Road, making it the oldest continuously operating railroad in North America. Originally built to connect Strasburg to the ...

LONDON – Thousands of people on Saturday celebrated the 200th anniversary of the historic British train journey that laid the foundations for much of the modern age. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first steam ...

What it's like to ride the most legendary railways around the world—from the Scottish Highlands to the Peruvian Andes.

A replica of the world’s first passenger railway journey will roll through north east England to celebrate its 200th anniversary this weekend. From Friday (26 September), the bicentenary event will ...

Everett Potter has been a lifelong fan of traveling by train. His new book, "National Geographic's 100 Train Journeys of a Lifetime," talks about some of the best trips he's taken by rail in more than ...

A battery-powered electric train has set a new world record for the longest journey on a single charge, travelling 200 miles between Reading, London and Oxford. Great Western Railway say the ...