The locomotive in Pioneer Park is Thunder Lake Lumber Company No. 5, better known as the 5 Spot, and this year it turned 100 ...

The final coal train left the Indian River Power Plant this week, marking the end of decades of coal transportation on the ...

Over 150 years ago the Lehigh Valley was transforming itself from a rural region to an industrial powerhouse. One of the ...

Hannah Wiseman is affiliated with the Center for Progressive Reform. Along with a team of other Penn State researchers, she also received a seed grant from the Penn State Institute of Energy and the ...

Netflix's "Queen of Coal," a film about a transgender coal miner starring a transgender activist, has garnered more attention ahead of its Dec. 19 release date. The description for the film reads, "A ...

State water experts see no immediate risk to drinking water from a train derailment that sent a Union Pacific locomotive into the Gunnison River earlier this week. In total, two locomotives and five ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — The history of much of northeastern Pennsylvania is coming to life through artwork. An exhibit at the University of Scranton takes us to the time when coal was king. Jon Meyer got a ...

Ogden • On a recent brisk Wednesday morning, bundled-up commuters hustled to catch a southbound FrontRunner train from Ogden Central Station. They didn’t stop to linger on the station’s exposed ...

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

IT IS 657. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. AND THE NEWS EIGHT TODAY TEAM IS ALL HERE TO HELP YOU ON THIS BUSY TRAVEL DAY. GOOD MORNING I’M GABRIELLE THOMAS, LIVE HERE IN MORE THAN 30,000 PASSENGERS ...

The railroad line that runs through the Peninsula has reopened after an Oct. 25 derailment in New Kent County, but the cleanup continues. Two locomotives and 53 train cars derailed near Providence ...

An expansion at a York County railroad, more than three decades in the making, has reached a milestone. A train shed and woodshop have been built at Ma & Pa Railroad Heritage Village at Muddy Creek ...