Many of us have had that moment in our lives when we dream of becoming a locomotive engineer. It’s a fascinating career, but what does it take to get there in today’s high-demand world of modern ...

It took persistence for Delorise Hall to get a job with the Union Pacific railroad, and in 1981, at 22, she became the first black female locomotive engineer in Nevada. She kept that job until she ...

A deadly commuter crash in Southern California is now being attributed to a locomotive engineer who failed to stop at a red signal—possibly because he was text-messaging while on the job. How do ...

A low-cost training program for rail workers of the future will hold an open house Thursday, Nov. 21. The Stockton event will highlight jobs in the growing passenger and freight services in the ...

It was 1976, a year when there was a resurgence of leisure train travel with the start of Amtrak, when Class I railroads in the Northeast joined to form Conrail, and railroads across the nation ...

K.C. Hill, 86, has worked for the same railroad company for almost 68 years. He started as a fireman and now works as a full-time engineer for BNSF Railway. Hill enjoys the variety of his work and the ...

After a hard day at work, most people like to relax with a frosty beer in hand. But for some freight rail workers, taking care of your beer is their full-time job. In a rail yard outside of Chicago, ...

It seems like a dream job. The opportunity to earn six figures, have a good union job with benefits and get some fresh air. Yet NJ Transit is struggling to hire locomotive engineers, as employees ...

A railroader’s dedication doesn’t end when they retire; their connection to the industry lasts a lifetime. Sam Bailey, a retired Santa Fe and BNSF locomotive engineer, singlehandedly restored a ...