it sat idling on the tracks in South Scranton on Sept. 19, 1977. When it slipped backwards out of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad yard and began an unscheduled trip to Edwardsville at 10:20 p.m. that ...

A Conrail engineman lost his job as the result of an Aug. 28, 1977, train crash on the Rockville Bridge. According to reports in The Patriot, six cars and three engines of two Conrail freight trains ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - More than a decade ago they were called the largest gang ever to attack North American railroads and gained enough notoriety to be the subject of a television documentary. Now, ...

David LeVan, chairman of Conrail, will not get to lead one of the largest railroads in the United States, as he once planned. But he will get a $22 million golden parachute if federal regulators ...

The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the Conrail Historical Society, will feature the equipment, ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...