One of the last logging railroads in North America ended a century-long run Nov. 6 as Englewood Railway ceased operations on Vancouver Island off Canada’s West Coast. “This announcement is consistent ...

Editor's note: This is the first of three columns devoted to Ronald C. Sullivan's "If Rails Could Talk." It’s not unlikely that down through the years as many or more books have been published about ...

Tracks Ahead is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and ...

In the past few months, three new well-illustrated books about local history have hit the shelves. One tells about Kalama, which a century ago was the Cowlitz County seat and had more residents than ...

As late as the 1920s there were still many huge, old growth trees in the area east of Redmond and logging was dominated by the Siler Logging Company. Felled trees were taken north by means of a ...

TOWN OF LLOYD — The Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society (TOLHPS) will bring back popular historian John Duda to talk once again about railroads. But this time, the man who recently shared ...

MEDFORD, Ore. — Forest Park, a lush retreat outside Jacksonville, Ore., was once a focal point of economic activity. A century ago, rail lines provided access to logging operations in the ...

Sep. 23—Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad (MRSR) has acquired three historic ex-Reading Railroad passenger cars from the North Carolina Transportation Museum. The passenger coaches, built between 1922 and ...

This is the second in a series of three columns devoted to Ronald C. Sullivan’s “If Rails Could Talk,” a three-volume compendium recently published in Waynesville. Read the previous column at ...