Using a flashlight to guide her way on a cold, moonless Saturday night, locomotive engineer Kathy Guy of Pekin walks away from the train she has just parked in the Crescent yards south of Pekin. | ...

Jacqueline Pettyjohn has been riding SEPTA's rails throughout the region for the past four decades. But, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, Pettyjohn -- who holds the distinction of being SEPTA's first ever ...

Engineering is a profession that has traditionally been male dominated. In fact, men outnumber women in the global engineering workforce 86.3% to 13.7% (Source: Fictiv). But for innovation to thrive, ...

Hailed as the “Lady Engineer” who “took the pain out of the train,” Olive Wetzel Dennis made her lasting mark on passenger service and paved the path for future female civil engineers. Lauren A.

Crystal Trent, the first Black woman to work as a locomotive engineer for San Diego County, stands in front of a Coaster train. Trent started working for the North County Transit District as a ...

How gender diversity and inclusion helped nurture our insurance relationship with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Women are enjoying a larger presence working at and with our nation’s railroads, not that they ...

Dollywood’s two coal-fired steam trains take thousands of visitors around the Tennessee theme park. They're driven by a team of seven engineers, one of whom is the first woman on the job. For eight ...

When Ramona Dockter was a senior in high school, her brother asked her what she wanted to be. She told him that she wanted to work on the railroad like her father, and she did.

INDYSTAR - A 14,000-ton freight train is heading through the Shuffle Creek Trestle, a 500-foot-long, 80-foot-tall bridge over Lake Lemon in Monroe County, Indiana. Up ahead are two women on the bridge ...

The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum (NCNGRR) is celebrating Women’s History Month throughout March with a series of events recognizing Sarah Kidder, who became the first woman railroad ...