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Gauge, which indicates the length between the train track rails. The gauge of an O scale train is 1.25 inches or 1¼ inches. The most popular train sizes are O scale and HO scale – HO stands for ...

Five years ago, the average Union Pacific freight train was 8,000-feet long. Today, it’s more than 9,000 — with many extending as long as 15,000-feet.

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SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — In a trip through western North Carolina’s mountains, railroad tracks are now snarled – ripped from the ground. Some remain suspended, hanging from the mountainside.

An investigation is underway after a railroad caught fire in Lawrenceburg late Sunday night.It happened on AEP Drive around 11:45 p.m., when a passerby noticed flames on the railroad tracks.

The Reno City Council voted 4-1 Wednesday to approve a new ordinance that would make enforcement of trespassing near railroad tracks easier. Council member Jenny Brekhus voted in opposition.

A man who had been sleeping on train tracks survived after being hit by a train — but it took almost two hours before rescuers could free his left hand, which was "entangled" in an axle.

HOUSTON – A student was tragically killed Monday morning while walking to school but for those who lived near Milby High School, the dangers of the train tracks are not a new concept.. It ...

The railroad bought the Beacon Line right-of-way in 1995 for nearly $4.5 million and once considered using it as an east-west link for its Hudson and Harlem lines.