With $3.5 million that the Massachusetts Department of Transportation secured through the Federal Railroad Administration, state officials say Massachusetts will now be able to take “an essential step ...

The New York Central System was a vast and legendary railroad, connecting the East Coast to the Mississippi River. A key component — let alone multiples — to its long-lasting status as a powerhouse ...

BOSTON - Massachusetts is getting $108 million from the Biden administration to improve railway safety and add Amtrak service between Boston and Albany, New York. The investment from the Federal ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Up to $500,000 was awarded to the Rail and Transit Division to support additional train service that connects Boston and Albany, New York through Springfield. Route 5 in ...

SPRINGFIELD — The east-west rail route from Boston through Worcester, Springfield and Pittsfield to Albany, New York, could get as many as eight daily round-trip passenger trains, the Federal Railroad ...

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Cancellations used on stamps prove so interesting to many collectors that they specialize in collecting stamps with some special type of cancellation. Among the interesting varieties are those with ...

Progress will be incremental, but the outlook is optimistic, says Andrew Koziol, who was tapped by Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to oversee efforts to drastically improve rail service in the ...

Scott Shane, author of “Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland.” This is page 1 of the Aug. 10, 1842 edition of Tocsin of Liberty where an article on the second ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A local initiative to expand the Underground Railroad Education Center is gaining momentum as an ordinance to sell land in Albany to the center awaits a vote by the Albany Common ...

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has secured another federal grant to help pave the way for increased train service across the state. MassDOT landed an award of up to $500,000 from the ...