After 40 years of service with SEPTA, a trailblazing train operator is calling it a career. Jackie Pettyjohn made history as SEPTA's first female train engineer, according to the transit agency. On ...

A TIME TO HONOR CHANGEMAKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND THERE ARE SOME, OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. EDWINA JUSTICE WAS THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE TRAIN ENGINEER FOR UNION PACIFIC, AND SHE HOPES ...

Few things resonate sweeter than a solid father-son relationship. That’s especially true when sons proudly follow in their father’s footsteps. For locomotive engineer Robert Burkhardt, that ...

BLOOMINGTON -- As heavy rains fell outside the Union Pacific Railroad yard office in west Bloomington, locomotive engineer Russ Starkey was ready to run the last train of his 47-year career. But in an ...