A Train Filled with Deadly Chemicals Tore Across Ohio with No One at the Controls

A 3,000-ton locomotive was careening down the tracks with no crew on board. Authorities tried—and failed—to stop it. Then one ...
Brattleboro Reformer

Freight train locomotive catches fire in downtown Bellows Falls

BELLOWS FALLS — The locomotive of a freight train from Berkshire & Eastern Railroad caught fire Monday night as it was approaching downtown Bellows Falls. Bellows Falls Village Fire Chief Shaun ...

Man Drives Dodge Challenger Hellcat Onto Railroad Tracks, Fails to Move It Before Freight Train Comes

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

CSX train derails, sending 53 coal cars, 2 locomotives off tracks into wetlands in New Kent

NEW KENT COUNTY, Va. — Amtrak service to parts of Virginia has been canceled after a CSX freight train carrying coal derailed in rural New Kent County on Saturday afternoon, according to officials.
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Impacts of Trains Longer Than 7,500 Feet

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is conducting a study of freight trains longer than 7,500 feet using an ad hoc study committee of experts. The period of performance is ...
Railway Age

TRB Releases Long-Train ‘Consensus Study’ (UPDATED)

In 2021, the U.S. Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Transportation Research Board (TRB) ...
Times of San Diego

California bill would cap freight train length for safety

A BNSF freight train in Barrio Logan. (File 9hoto by Chris Jennewein/Times of San Diego) If California’s politically influential labor unions get their way, the state’s freight trains would get ...