Long before there were bullet trains and high-speed light rail systems, people experimented with creating super-streamlined trains that could whisk people across the country in Googie splendor. In ...

The N.C. Transportation Museum’s “Streamliners at Spencer” was three days of rail fan nirvana. Twenty-six streamliner locomotives, built in the 1930s through the 1950s, will be gathered at the museum ...

NEW BRAUNFELS — There's something about the sound of an approaching train that can make children and adults alike feel giddy. So they came out in droves in New Braunfels on Thursday morning to greet ...

SPENCER — Twenty-six hulking, steel beasts emerging from railway history are slated as the massive centerpieces at this weekend’s Streamliners at Spencer railroad showcase at the N.C. Transportation ...

On the morning of May 26, 1934, a shimmering silver locomotive pulled out of Denver's Union Station bound for Chicago. The Zephyr was unlike any train seen before. Powered by a revolutionary compact ...

Just imagine a sleek aerodynamic train, clad in a futuristic aluminum skin, racing across the stark desert landscape between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The passengers inside relax in stylish comfort ...

COLUMBUS -- Larry and Kathy Schmidt were ready to welcome a special visitor to town. The couple was seated in lawn chairs holding small pennants that read “Nebraska 150 Express” while waiting for a ...