Across Illinois, once-bustling river ports and mining towns now sit silent, their fading buildings quietly preserving the stories of a forgotten past.

The romance of rail travel never quite disappeared from American culture. While highways and airports came to dominate the ...

Not all that long ago, canaries were regularly carried down into coal mines to serve as indicators of hazardous gases, like the colorless and odorless carbon monoxide. If the bird died, it was a sign ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico, is exactly that kind of revelation – a 64-mile journey through untouched wilderness that will make you forget your smartphone exists. Let me ...

There’s a moment on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad when you’ll swear time travel is real – steam billowing overhead, wheels clacking rhythmically on narrow-gauge tracks, and New Mexico’s ...

Forgotten rail lines wind through Pennsylvania’s forests, where rusted tracks and crumbling stations whisper stories of ...

A train derailment last Saturday dumped coal and diesel fuel into wetlands near the Chickahimony River in Virginia, and nearby residents and environmentalists worry that the contaminants could flow ...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to help the U.S. coal industry at home are being undermined by falling sales abroad amid his trade war with China, new government ...

Environmentalists concerned about Chickahominy River after Virginia coal train derailment Judge disqualifies top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles Scientists Studied 'SuperAgers' For 25 Years And ...

Americans don’t have to imagine what attempts to subvert an election could look like, because it’s already happening in one ...

From the Monongahela valley To the Mesabi iron range To the coal mines of Appalachia The story’s always the same Seven hundred tons of metal a day Now sir you tell me the wor ...

The researchers identify critical limitations that restrict the full realization of AI’s potential in mine safety. A major ...