This installment from Chris Hecox’s column “Snapshots of Carpinteria” was originally published in CVN on Feb. 3, 2003.

This recent run was a test of engine, crew and local reaction before the Colorado Kansas & Pacific Railroad Co. begins freight service later this year. General Manager Mac McManus was at the throttle.

The matter came to light after a freight train hit the metal door, which led to damage of several pandrol clips that hold rail with concrete sleeper. The incident happened between Utraitai ...

A man killed when he was hit by a freight train in west Jefferson County has now been identified. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Tuesday identified the victim as Cedric Lamar Dean.

He said that upon arrival, police found a freight train hauling corn had derailed near the railway crossing, and six train cars were overturned. There were no injuries and no hazardous material ...

Haggard, who died in 2016, spoke to Fresh Air in 1995 about his love of trains. When he became a star, he acquired his own observation car. Now that coach is part of the Virginia Scenic Railway.

Officials said the train posed no hazards. The train, according to a representative, was the local freight train that runs to Albemarle and back.

Sanders is just one player, though. Plenty of talent is still available entering the third day, and history has proven ...

The first China-Central Asia freight train from Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality officially started service on Sunday, a representative of its operator -- China Railway Chengdu Group Co ...

A brass horn once believed to have sounded the departure of the first passenger train from Swanage in May 1885 will be heard once more as part of a 140th anniversary celebration at Swanage station ...