Five people were killed and two injured in four separate freight train collisions over the past week, including incidents ...

A Mexican railway company has halted operations after a video showing migrants packed into freight cars riding into the U.S. went viral earlier this week, citing safety concerns for those climbing ...

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This chapter reviews the railroad industry’s contention that long trains reduce fuel consumption and therefore greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and it describes the limitations of current research on ...

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A freight train fire in Stamford on Tuesday night briefly shut down the Metro-North New Haven line. Firefighters responded to the East Main Street rail overpasses just before 11 p.m. after receiving ...

Rail freight has been put back on the Westminster agenda after MPs debated whether more goods should be moved by train to cut ...

The derailment of a 178-car freight train in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 5 in August 2017, which led to the release of hazardous materials and a fire, brought attention to potential safety ...