We’ve been in touch with train buff, map-lover, and Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society Mark Ovenden to learn more about his latest book Railway Maps of the World. Please tell us a bit about the ...

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An upswing in the number of fatalities at grade railroad crossings has prompted the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to partner with Google to bring every U.S. railroad crossing to Google Maps.

US Railway crossing accidents are up sharply over last year, but the Federal Railway Administration (FRA) is about to get some high-tech help. Google's Maps will eventually include numerous public and ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on Dec. 17, 2015 announced the addition of the Rail Heritage Map to its online Railroad Map Depot created and maintained by the STB’s Office of Environmental ...

(TNS) -- Your smartphone’s maps app may soon talk to you about the location of railroad crossings. Audio and visual alerts are coming to mobile users as a result of a new partnership between Google ...

(WTNH)–The Federal Railroad Administration estimates about 270 people are killed at railroad crossings every year. Now, new safety measures are being put in place to try and decrease that number. In ...