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A vasectomy kit, a harpoon gun, false teeth, and six full-sized mannequins are just a few of the many strange things that passengers have left behind.

Get a whiff of this.

Japanese researchers are getting creative to reduce the number of deer killed on train tracks.

Europe’s largest engineering project uncovered countless historic treasures, ranging from bones to Tudor bowling balls.

The rock icon is also a huge model train nerd, and he's selling off some of his collection.

You can catch colorful autumn colors from special observatory train cars this fall on Amtrak.

Avoiding long stretches of tunnels just got easier for London commuters.

Ten cars have been decorated to fit the "Subway Library" theme.

This is the second Pokemon-themed train to visit the area.

Queen Elizabeth II and François Mitterrand took their own trains, meeting nose-to-nose on the same track in Calais.

Everyone loves the idea of a train trip, so why is our railway system so lacking?

It may look silly, but they do it to keep us safe.

Just as slow food and slow living movements are becoming the trend, it may be time to decelerate travel too.

Pedestrians can see if a train's coming without looking up.

Take the world's longest escalator to the longest flight to the longest subway to the longest bridge.

Transit Explorer maps North America’s “fixed-guideway transit” options, like subways, streetcars, commuter trains, and bus-rapid transit.

In 1896, two locomotives traveling more than 50 miles per hour smashed into each other. On purpose.

Trains were once considered hazardous to one's health.

Hold on to your uterus: Early modes of transportation had some fretting that their bodies would be forever changed.

Nothing like a train heist to grab out attention. There's a reason they called it the Wild West.

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