Unions are pushing for shorter freight trains to make railways safer, but that could raise the cost of goods and delay ...

Powerful severe storms unleashed their fury in Nebraska, toppling a portion of an empty coal train from its tracks amidst the chilling wail of a Tornado Warning on Sunday.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is backing the measure, citing recent research showing that shorter trains are less likely to come off their tracks, an assertion railroad ...

“We have had two recent scientific studies that confirm what railroad workers have known ... 10 to 15 miles that search for signs of train equipment failure, such as overheated wheel bearings.

A tornado is being blamed for derailing an empty BNSF coal train on Sunday evening (April 27, 2025) near the town of Ashby, ...

(WLS) -- A pedestrian was hit and killed by a Metra train ... responded to the scene near the Westmont Train Depot just after 6:30 p.m. A westbound BNSF commuter train struck the pedestrian ...