A few months ago I wrote about a boxcar storage shed in Crookston, Minn., my hometown. During that same visit my friend, then ...

Question: Every once in a while, I notice some vehicles stop in the road at the railroad tracks when nothing is coming. Can I pass them when they do this? Answer: Some vehicles, such as passenger vans ...

When most people think of railroads, images of steam engines and boxcars come to mind. But at the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum, there’s something a little different sharing the tracks—a ...