In the East Lot outside Union Station in New Haven, what appears to be a trailer or small shipping container sits in one corner on top of several parking spaces. Inside is a model of a new passenger ...

Instead of the promised electric locomotives, Shore Line East -- Metro-North's stepchild -- is getting hand-me-down, exhaust spewing, diesels.

Rail transit lines and transit railroads are being extended in almost every region of the United States and Canada. This phenomenon was common in past decades, but not anymore. Still, there are ...