Some left to escape poverty or troubled families, others because it seemed a great adventure. At the height of the Great Depression, more than 250,000 teenagers were living on the road in America.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SEVEN VALLEYS, Pa. (WHTM) — Giving new meaning to the term “riding the rails,” a York County railroad offers a bit of an adventure ...

It’s always a thrill to pull out of a train station and feel yourself picking up speed, wheels click-clacking over the rails. It’s even more thrilling when your train has no roof or sides, is as ...

Ever since the first American-built passenger train, known as the “Tom Thumb,” made its debut in 1830 on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad featuring 13 miles of rails, America would begin an amazing ...

LYNNWOOD — After years of anticipation, light rail service is up and running in Lynnwood. With 23 stops, the Sound Transit 1 Line is ideal for commuters, day-trippers and the airport-bound. From ...

A curious couple enjoys a history lesson about Humboldt Bay from one of the Wiyot tribe’s most revered members and then, just across the water the daughter of a railroad man gets a ride she’s wanted ...

Forget about that bumper-to-bumper winter-weekend drive to and from the high country. Today, Rocky Mountain region pro-am boarders will be riding the rails right here in the heart of Denver — in the ...

As most developed countries around the world continue to modernize their transportation infrastructure with passenger rail, countries in North America have been abandoning railroads for over a century ...