Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Dave Abeles of Lebanon, N.J., and his brother, Ben Abeles of Winterstown, Pa., (from left) talk trains with Josh Hollands of Bistow, Va., on The Station Inn front ...

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 ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There are probably more glamorous places to spend a summer day than a track side parking lot in Chehalis, but there's no place my teenage son, Cooper, would rather be right now.