For the third year in a row, the Texas State Railroad State Park will offer children 12 and under a free train ride through the East Texas Piney Woods from June 1 through Sept. 30. The railroad offers ...

A train crashed into a tractor-trailer stopped on the tracks in Pecos, Texas on Wednesday. The train derailed and crashed into the Chamber of Commerce building nearby. Two people were killed, and ...

PALESTINE – Growing up and driving locomotives across the tracks is the dream of lots of kids, and over in East Texas there is a place where youngsters and oldsters alike can climb aboard a vintage, ...

All Aboard for a Scenic Train Ride. With scenic trains transporting passengers through stunning scenery, it is really the journey that’s more important than the destination. These historic routes were ...

PALESTINE -- The City Council has agreed to loan $500,000 to the Texas State Railroad Authority to help keep the historic East Texas tourist train running. Officials said the loan will benefit the ...

NAGOYA, Japan – Right on schedule, the sleek white train with a blue streak and a bullet-shaped head pierced the late-morning mist and majestically cruised into the station. Gov. Greg Abbott and a ...

Railways have long defined these East Texas towns, and the Texas State Railroad aims to keep that history on the books. I pulled up to the train depot in the East Texas city of Palestine, $220 poorer ...