A planned speed increase for trains in Maine, from 25 mph to as fast as 40 mph, is raising questions about safety in towns along the tracks.

Widespread support for a federal grade-crossing safety program emerged during a lengthy House subcommittee hearing, a session which also saw representatives of the railroad industry and rail labor lay ...

An attack on reservations systems, social media threats to passengers and operations, suspicious bags left at a train station, and an active shooter at a station and onboard a train headed to the U.S.

Strasburg Rail Road Co. must reinstate and compensate an employee wrongfully fired for refusing to issue safety licenses to ...

Sumitomo has made a investment in Evertrak, a manufacturer specialising in composite railroad ties for North America’s rail ...

A St. Louis-based manufacturer of composite railroad ties has landed an investment from a Japan-based global trading company.

The railroad must also provide back pay and damages after OSHA determined the company retaliated against the worker for ...

The worker was fired for refusing to issue steam locomotive and conductor licenses to an untrained and unqualified management ...

An OSHA investigation determined the employee was fired in retaliation for refusing to issue locomotive and conductor licenses to an untrained, unqualified candidate ...

It was shut down for emergency repairs to a loose rail, leaving emergency services unaware of potential delays.

OSHA has determined that a former employee of the Strasburg Rail Road Cp. was wrongfully fired and owed compensation after ...