Freight trains

A look at Reducing Yard Emissions

See current and future emission reduction technologies for locomotives

FreightWaves Classics profiles the Lightning Express, which crossed the nation in less than four days.

FreightWaves Classics profiles the use of Chinese labor to help build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860s.

How trains help make a car

Communities contend increase in freight train traffic could bring more blocked crossings

Read a profile of the Tennessee Central Railway in this FreightWaves Classics article.

The McKinley Bridge connects St. Louis and Venice, Illinois. The bridge’s interesting history is presented in this FreightWaves Classics article.

The Northwestern Pacific Railroad served (and now serves again) northern California. Read about its history in this FreightWaves Classics article.

The Nickel Plate Line was a major American railroad. Read an overview of its history in this FreightWaves Classics article.