The heavily laden train was navigating a significant curve and elevation change west of Chivington when 16 covered hopper ...

Unlike highway bridges, which are inspected by government agencies, railroad bridges are inspected by railroads themselves.

A U.S. railroad industry plan to rely more heavily on technology instead of humans to conduct routine track safety ...

A new investigation finds railroad bridge safety across the U.S. is hamstrung by minimal government oversight and limited ...

FORNEY, Texas — A crash between a train and an 18-wheeler blocked intersections in the Downtown area of Forney Friday ...

In the past 6 months, railcars with hazardous materials passed the homes of at least 2.5 million people living within a mile ...

That meant the train was not obligated to follow federal safety rules that require high-hazard flammable trains, or HHFTs, to ...

Metra and the Kane County Coroner's Office are confirming that someone was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train Monday ...

Federal regulators ordered Union Pacific to pay punitive damages of $150,000 to a worker who was fired after reporting a work ...

WFAA chopper footage from the scene in Palo Pinto County showed mangled train cars piled up off the tracks, heavy smoke, and ...

PALO PINTO COUNTY, Texas — Rail traffic is rolling again in Palo Pinto County after Tuesday's Union Pacific train derailment brought operations to a halt and sparked a brief grass fire near the ...