The trailer hauling the tank Is what’s called a “low-boy” model, and it got caught on the railroad tracks. The Minnesota ...

The National Academies of Sciences (NAS) is urging the rail industry to look into the risks posed by freight trains that have ...

To keep the trains running on time through the winter, they’d light fires to thaw the tracks. Called “traqueros,” a term ...

Around sunrise they arrive in pickups and sedans, waiting patiently for the freight trains they know will come to a stop with no one there to guard them. Observers say thieves climb onto the backs of ...

In a rare lawsuit, the Justice Department is trying to make freight lines comply with policy giving preference to Amtrak ...

Multiple freight train cars have derailed in Ayer, Massachusetts, causing traffic issues in town. The nine-car derailment happened in the Ayer rail yard near Central Avenue and Groton Harvard Road. No ...

Several freight cars derailed in the area of Groton Harvard Road, forcing trains to hold at nearby stations, officials said.

Who is Bozo Texino? That’s a good question in need of some explaining. But better to ask first: What is Bozo Texino? Read ...

St. Louis startup Intramotev, which produces self-propelled, electric-powered railcars, has signed a switching agreement with ...

A boxcar tricks the eye. Atop its spinning wheels, no cargo, just the bones of a freight framing the heavens ... The momentum ...