It’s Thomas train play with true-to-life never before. Open a see-inside surprise car to enter right into Thomas’ world. Complete with detailed cargo and passengers, each car reveals a complete interior environment when opened...

On February 12, 1934, Union Pacific premiered the M-10000, the first lightweight, streamlined passenger train, calling it “Tomorrow’s Train Today.” The tiny brown-and-yellow speedster offered hope and promise for America’s future during the Great Depression...

Day and night for well over 100 years, the New Haven Railroad plied the rails between New York City and Boston, its mere 1,800 miles of track carrying more passengers than any other railroad in the history of the U...

The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the “golden era” of passenger rail travel in America.  It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation’s favored mode of transportation...

During the tumultuous year of 2008--when gas prices reached $4 a gallon, Amtrak set ridership records, and a commuter train collided with a freight train in California--journalist James McCommons spent a year on America's trains, talking to the people who ride and work the rails throughout much of the Amtrak system...

Before the jetliner connected both coasts in a matter of hours, the train embodied the zenith of passenger travel. This sprawling photographic history rambles though two centuries of passenger trains, presenting a wealth of archival imagery and modern and period color photographs that depicts everything from East Coast steam operations in the 1830s to modern Amtrak and high-speed inter-city services...

Ideal for passenger train buffs, MoPac fans and modelers, this overview of Missouri Pacific passenger trains and service tells the complete story since the first streamlined trains to travel the line, to the arrival of Amtrak in 1971...

Plasticville U.S.A. pieces add character and dimension to your HO scale layout. City growth is limited only by your imagination.Features include: •HO scale operating accessory•Features illuminated interior•Molded in color•Compatible with all brands of HO scale trains•Create realistic scenes by combining Plasticville U...