A railroad company that leases the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System’s 70-mile-long Desert Line railway has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, federal court records show. Pacific Imperial Railroad ...

The history of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad, a nearly forgotten desert mining railroad that carried untold tons of mineral riches from California and Nevada, has been brought to life in a new ...

U.S. and Mexican transportation and business officials are scheduled to announce a binational agreement Thursday that will clear the way for rebuilding a 70-mile stretch of railway in the southeastern ...

GLENDALE, AZ — It's a paradise for train enthusiasts of all types and all ages. Just off Loop 101 and Interstate 17 in Glendale, you'll find the Adobe Mountain Desert Railroad Park. It's home to the ...

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In Jacumba Hot Springs, less than a mile from the U.S.-Mexico border, Robert Smith lives in an old stationmaster’s house that once serviced the so-called Impossible Railroad, stretching from Imperial ...

Railroad track repairs are expected to block several intersections in the Mojave Desert early March, including one that's in the middle of a popular route between Palm Springs and Las Vegas. The ...

Metropolitan Transit System officials say trouble may be behind the controversial railroad line linking Mexico and the U.S. During a transit agency board meeting on January 28, Metropolitan Transit ...

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In an about-face, the federal government has given Cadiz Inc. the go-ahead to lay a pipeline for its proposed desert water project in an existing railroad right-of-way. The decision by the U.S. Bureau ...