Brad Swartzwelter during his working days as conductor of the Winter Park Express Ski Train (courtesy photo). The longtime ...

The major freight railroads have argued that automatic ... Plus, they say taking that conductor off of the train would improve their quality of life because he or she would no longer have to ...

I miss the caboose (the hack, cabin car, or other names by which they were known, depending on railroad), while at the same ...

My Cascade Tunnel adventure continued even after my conductor, Chris, and I fled the 7.9-mile-long tunnel after the ...