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A Kentucky rail tunnel collapse caused a derailment early Wednesday in rural Grant County, the sheriff's department reported.

Debris from a partial tunnel collapse in Kentucky caused a CSX Transportation train to derail, injuring two railroad employees this morning.

Trains are still running through Hutchinson, Kansas, albeit very slowly, as officials evaluate a sinkhole discovered just south of a Burlington Northern Santa Fe track.

Reflective materials will be installed on the sides of locomotives and freight rail cars as a safety measure to make trains more visible to motorists at railroad crossings under a Final Rule published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).

California's North Coast Rail Authority says a railroad bridge across the Petaluma River has been hit by barges so many times that it could simply collapse.

Union Pacific announced on Wednesday that there are major railroad track improvements on the way.

Legislation that would require the State of New York to implement a statewide toll-free emergency notification system to let people report safety problems at railroad crossings by calling a 1-800 number is going to be introduced by Rockland County Assemblyman Ryan Karben.

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For the first time in two decades, seven major railroad unions have joined together in the creation of the "Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition" to coordinate upcoming contract negotiations with the rail carriers.

Bradford County, Florida, has managed to negotiate a $17,000 reduction in unpaid railroad maintenance costs to CSX Transportation.

A building at the fairgrounds in Great Falls, Montana, will be devoted entirely to a new railroad museum, featuring a train layout that a late Cascade rancher built over a span of 50 years.

Amtrak train whistles will no longer sound at four crossings in Stonington, Rhode Island, beginning April 1, thanks to the efforts of residents and First Selectman Bill Brown.

A group of historical enthusiasts hopes to restore a piece of Texas transportation history from a pile of rusted, abandoned junk rescued from a pasture.

A final attempt by Burlington officials to restore local Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway shops jobs in the city came in the form of a lawsuit.

A chemical spill at the Norfolk Southern rail yard Wednesday in Danville, Kentucky, had the potential of an explosive disaster but was contained without incident or evacuation of nearby residents.

Canadian Pacific Railway Co. exceeded its permissible revenue cap for grain transportation in the latest crop year and must pay a penalty, the Canadian Transportation Agency says.

Seven cars of a Norfolk Southern RoadRailer train derailed on a curve just North of Gavin Street in Muncie, Indiana, around noon on Thursday.

A railroad car carrying some 60 passengers derailed Wednesday while traveling the narrow-gauge rail around the cranberry bogs at Edaville USA.

On February 13, 2003 at 08:30 EST, 21 Canadian Pacific Rail cars left the tracks, near the Shebeshekong Road Crossing in Parry Sound, Ontario.

Eleven months before a rail-crossing accident took the lives of a Henrietta, New York couple, federal regulators warned CSX Transportation that it was inadequately responding to crossing problems.

The projected cost of a proposed Midwest network of high-speed trains has increased to about $1.2 billion in Wisconsin, a new report shows.

Canadian National Railway Co. is suing Wayne County and Rockwood, Michigan, in federal court, claiming both governments are interfering with its right to ship New Jersey's construction debris into the state.

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has received top recognition from InfoWorld magazine for BNSF

With boarded-up windows and peeling paint, the depots and warehouses along the North Carolina Railroad's main line seem to be abandoned relics, like old tobacco barns in an overgrown field.

The estate of a Metro-North conductor killed in an accident earlier this year has sued the railroad in federal court. It seeks $30 million in a claim of negligence.

Union Pacific Railroad plans to sell a quarter mile of its track near Soda Springs, Idaho, to the only user, Agrium Conda Phosphate Operations.

The Canadian National Railway employee who uncovered the hidden surveillance cameras at a CN maintenance shop last month has been fired.

Passengers aboard Amtrak's Boston, Massachusetts to Newport News, Virginia train 95 were stopped unexpectedly this morning, well short of their destination.

Severe blizzard conditions are impeding Canadian National Railway operations throughout Halifax, Dartmouth and Truro, Nova Scotia.

Depots, businesses and homes have been rising in anticipation of a train route from Asheville to Salisbury, North Carolina.