Those Stones Have a Name: Ballast The crushed stone found under many railroad tracks is called ballast. It forms the bed that ...

Travis Terry lives in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in Queens about 5 minutes from an abandoned rail line. He describes the tracks, last used in 1962, as a “blight” plagued by illegal dumping. “It’s ...

Old railroad track is being removed in Hudson for a new asphalt trail for hiking and biking. Find out where the work is taking place.

Beneath the layers of the Southwest Trail, a 65-mile project connecting Hot Springs to Little Rock, lies a section of train ...

Even on busy rail networks, the gap between lines can spend much of its time doing little but face skyward, so why not put that space to good use? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is looking to do just that by ...