The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has approved a waiver to allow Class I railroads to cut minimum visual track inspections in half, from twice weekly to once a week. The move, announced on ...

Hannah Wiseman is affiliated with the Center for Progressive Reform. Along with a team of other Penn State researchers, she also received a seed grant from the Penn State Institute of Energy and the ...

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

Two weeks after a rockslide in Colorado derailed a train into the Gunnison River, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel into ...

U.S. freight railroads are a major source of pollution, chuffing out more nitrogen oxide than all the nation’s coal-fired ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. - CSX expects to take a $40 million hit in the fourth quarter due to lower than expected coal and automotive shipments. An Oct. 25 coal train derailment in Providence Forge, Va., and ...

The railroad line that runs through the Peninsula has reopened after an Oct. 25 derailment in New Kent County, but the cleanup continues. Two locomotives and 53 train cars derailed near Providence ...

(KPLC) - A longtime Southwest Louisiana Christmas tradition is not returning this year after the beloved Holiday Express train was retired. The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express visited SWLA during ...

A little bit of creativity, and some strategic thinking, could give the Northstar Line — the 16-year-old commuter rail service run by Metro Transit but set to end in January — a whole new lease on ...

I was nine when I first rode an Indian sleeper train. Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ...

This story has been updated because an earlier version contained an inaccuracy. One of Indiana’s classic holiday traditions, the Indiana Rail Road’s Santa Train, is making its way across the Hoosier ...

A contractor removing snow on Monday evening in suburban Naperville was killed when a train struck the equipment he was operating, officials said. The incident was reported at the Naperville Metra ...