Freight trains have grown longer over the past two decades, blocking highways, delaying passenger trains and increasing the potential for derailments as regulatory safeguards have lagged, a new ...

A freight train derailed in Iowa, causing about three dozen cars to pile up. The freight train operated by Union Pacific derailed around 5 p.m. local time Monday east of Glidden, Iowa, Union Pacific ...

A Union Pacific (UP) freight train derailed around 6 am Monday morning on the east end of the Steel Bridge, halting all travel across the bridge for more than four hours. While the bridge reopened to ...

Merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern will create 10,000 single-line rail lanes, annually shifting 105,000 truckloads to rail and improving efficiency by eliminating interchanges.

Police were investigating Tuesday after a freight train was burglarized in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois. This is far from the first time such a thing has happened. CBS Skywatch was over the scene ...

PLAINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- A car hauler truck hung into a railroad crossing while stuck in traffic in Plainfield early Monday evening, and ended up getting hit by a freight train. Plainfield police ...

Several BNSF Railway train cars carrying what appeared to be corn derailed along the border of Glacier National Park about 2 miles east of the Goat Lick area Saturday. Crews were working to right the ...

A new report reveals safety concerns for New Jersey residents living near freight train lines, highlighting risks of hazmat ...

A freight train derailment in rural Kingfisher County caused significant damage but no injuries, as emergency crews quickly responded to the scene.

On a bridge with nowhere to go, see what the women did to survive. — -- Two women trespassing on railroad tracks in southern Indiana narrowly missed a fatal encounter with a freight train when ...

The driver finally gave up, however, wisely abandoning the car and running to safety. About 30 seconds later, the freight ...

One morning, after surfing at Imperial Beach, my friends and I were hanging out and bragging about one thing or another. Someone shared a story they had heard about how easy it was to catch a freight ...