California's high-speed rail project is controversial because of its cost, but Palmdale is looking forward to bullet trains.

Canadian Pacific Railway reportedly approached CSX about a merger.

The humble railroad is a hot investment, thanks in part to crude oil.

Trains increasingly carry crude from oil fields in the middle of the U.S. to refineries on the coasts.

Britain's government wants to spend billions on a high-speed rail system. HS2 — as it's called — could cut some journey times in half but critics say it would harm the countryside and trains are yesterday's technology.

Which is more important: updating train safety mechanisms or improving rail infrastructure?

BNSF, the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, should profit by switching to cheaper natural gas. Buffett's company also has a big stake in natural gas.

The world's longest high speed rail link opens in China.

Trains haul fracking supplies into the region and haul oil out of it. The oil boom comes at a good time: the railroads' mainstay, coal, is in a slump.