FOLKSTON, Georgia (CNN) -- Rain or shine, 80-year-old Cookie Williams plops himself on the wooden viewing platform perched over double train tracks. On this warm May afternoon, a patient Williams sits ...

PORTAGE, Wis. -- There's a growing online community of "railfans," or as they're sometimes called, "train-spotters," using the power of the internet to share their experiences together. One person is ...

Friday, September 7th Northwest Railfans will meet up at the Edmonds Amtrak station for the 3rd Annual NW Railfan Hangout. Along with displays of model trains, Railfans will be snapping pictures of ...

Model train displays on display at SEPTA's gift shop. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Philadelphia has dozens of different government agencies. There’s the Police Department, Parks and Rec, Fire Department, Water ...

True confession (as if you didn’t know): I am a railfan. But don’t call me a “foamer!” People who love trains come in all shapes and sizes, but “foamer” is a term they universally hate. “Foamers” is ...

When Dan Weatherby hears the distant wail of a train whistle, he hops in his car and drives toward the action. That usually means grabbing his 6-year-old son, Max, and traveling the short distance ...

On a balmy Sunday afternoon late last month Richard Whitenight did what he often does on his days off He went to a busy railroad junction in Fort Worth Texas to watch the trains roll by. But as he sat ...

On a balmy Sunday afternoon late last month, Richard Whitenight did what he often does on his days off: He went to a busy railroad junction in Fort Worth, Texas, to watch the trains roll by. But as he ...