HOUSE LEAVES AUTOMATIC CUTS INTACT FOR FISCAL 1986. In a move that may well foreshadow the rest of the legislative year, Republicans tried unsuccessfully to force the Democratic-controlled House to ...

Bethlehem City Council has agreed to spend up to $500,000 to help repair a storm water drainage problem and restore rail service to two city companies. But the contingencies on which that commitment ...

Bowie — Two 1950s vintage locomotives pulled the dark green train at a sedate pace across a wooded Southern Maryland landscape punctuated by old farms and ponds sprouting lily pads. From an ...

Bowing out of the fray over Conrail`s sale last week, Norfolk Southern Corp. paved the way for a public sale of the federally owned freight line. But the government`s push to unload Conrail still ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

Conrail, the government-owned railroad that was considered a basket case by the industry just five years ago, is an attractive bride since being nursed back to financial health by her Uncle Sam. But ...