On a balmy Sunday afternoon late last month Richard Whitenight did what he often does on his days off He went to a busy railroad junction in Fort Worth Texas to watch the trains roll by. But as he sat ...

Every lunch hour, computer programmer John Almeida leaves his cubicle at an insurance company outside Philadelphia and chases trains. He sets up four video cameras on tripods beside the tracks and ...

True confession (as if you didn’t know): I am a railfan. But don’t call me a “foamer!” People who love trains come in all shapes and sizes, but “foamer” is a term they universally hate. “Foamers” is ...

Model train displays on display at SEPTA's gift shop. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Philadelphia has dozens of different government agencies. There’s the Police Department, Parks and Rec, Fire Department, Water ...