TrainSnap (available for iOS and Android) users a way to receive real-time alerts so you can reroute. The app is free and is ...

The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Freight trains criss-crossing the country carry cars of coal and tanks of oil and natural gas to power plants to help keep the nation’s electric grid going.

Inbound and outbound trains on a busy Metra line Friday were stopped after a freight train derailment, Metra said, with extensive delays anticipated. According a post from the Metra BNSF line, all ...

LA GRANGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight train ...

Norfolk Southern says it expects to reopen its freight railroad line between Asheville and Tennessee by the end of March, six months after tracks and bridges were damaged by the remnants of Hurricane ...