Almost all carnivals traveling the circuits in the United States and Great Britain in the 1940s and ’50s towed their own haunted railroad. These “ghost trains” represented the peak of pop-up dark ...

This month marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, with festivities planned to commemorate the opening of the Stockton and Darlington line to the public on September 27, 1825.

You’ve heard of holiday trains. Now meet their spooky sister, the Halloween train, gaining steam with fans around the country. Riding vintage railcars is part of the growing heritage tourism trend, ...