It was once a busy branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Now, coyotes prowl one of New York City’s last wild places. What will it become next?

The planned S-line passenger trains between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia, are ‘still on track,’ state officials say.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin led the list of officials on hand Thursday (April 24, 2025) for groundbreaking on the New River ...

A major passenger rail project is chugging along in the New River Valley as a new Amtrak station gets one step closer to ...

Amtrak’s expanded service, the $264 million New River Valley Passenger Rail Project, officially broke ground Thursday at the ...

Beginning in 2027, riders can travel by train from Washington D.C. to Christiansburg on the same Amtrak route that currently ...

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (WSET) — After more than four decades, passenger rail service is making a comeback in Christiansburg. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new station took place today at the ...

This installment from Chris Hecox’s column “Snapshots of Carpinteria” was originally published in CVN on Feb. 3, 2003.