Officials from Houston, Bellaire and West University Place met April 4 in the office of Houston City Councilman Mark Goldberg to continue planning for a quiet zone along the Union Pacific railroad ...

Former MBTA commuter rail engineer Mark Layman struck and killed a teenager who was walking along the railroad tracks in Beverly in 1999, a tragedy that haunts Layman to this day. Twenty years later, ...

In classic country songs, the lonesome bellow of a train whistle is romantic. In St. Louis Park, some residents who live near the Dan Patch Line disagree — especially since the Canadian Pacific Kansas ...

As usual, Johnny Cash probably said it best. His classic “Folsom Prison Blues” — about a guy stuck in a cell and haunted by the sound of passing trains he can no longer ride — aptly expresses the ...

The sound of train whistles blended with laughter, music, and family fun Saturday as residents and visitors gathered for the ...

Train whistles have long been a welcome sound in Scott City, a railroad town since the beginning of the 20th century. But a few members of the city council think trains coming through town lately are ...