Railroad News

With the Staten Island Expressway and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as his backdrop, Assemblyman Lou Tobacco criticizes the MTA on April 8. Citing a continued lack of service for Staten Island residents, Assemblyman Lou Tobacco today lambasted the Metropolitan Transportation Authority after a report found 10 percent of the agency's workforce annually ...

Union Pacific Railroad is spending nearly $12 million to improve rail lines in the southern Nebraska Panhandle.

A 30-year-old Ozark man was killed when a coal train hit a van he was driving near Springfield, Missouri.

A new segment of the Paul Bunyon State Trail is completed and open to the public.

A SEPTA rider has filed a complaint with the Philadelphia Commission of Human Rights after she said a bus driver refused to allow her to use her monthly pass with its female designation.

Seventeen cars of a coal train derailed and overturned in south Fulton County, spilling coal but causing no injuries.

Union Pacific Railroad sold 33 track miles north of Denver to Colorado's Regional Transportation District for $118 million, in the first and largest of four land transfer deals to develop commuter rail in that area.

On our nation's 142 birthday, it's time to bask in our assorted achievements. Don your thinking toque, grab some maple cookies and a serviette and repose on the chesterfield while you attempt this Canadiana quiz.

Transit riders in the Philadelphia region will now be able to get schedule information through Google's popular online maps feature.

When derailed freight train cars carrying ethanol burst into flames just 50 miles from her Chicago suburb, killing a motorist who tried to flee, Barrington Mayor Karen Darch saw her worst fears realized.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 29 FL-CSX-Transportation Emissions Reduction Goal is First-Ever Commitment to EPA from a Major Transportation Provider JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

ROCKFORD, Ill. - A Winnebago County sheriff sergeant was on the phone with a Canadian National Railway representative 21 minutes before the rail company's 114-car train heading from Freeport to Chicago derailed Friday night in a fiery explosion, said Sheriff Dick Meyers.

Taking the train? It'll cost you more. A fare hike that takes the price of a subway ride from $2 to $2.25 has gone into effect.

Hoping to prevent another holiday tragedy, Elm Grove is suspending its train horn ban for July 4. The village expects an increase in vehicle and pedestrian traffic that day due to Fourth of July festivities.

Progress Rail Incorporated is battling the city of Raceland over that city's recently imposed one percent payroll tax.

A young woman was hit by a freight train and killed late Friday while walking on a Burlington Northern train trestle just north of Tacoma.

This editorial advocates for building Atlantic Yards, but doesn't actually say why that would be a good idea.

A bleak day on Wall Street Monday carried over to regional stocks, with Cerner, Waddell & Reed and Kansas City Southern posting noteworthy point losses.

Six years after a horrific train-car accident that killed four young adults in Anoka, four new witnesses have emerged.

Published by Hannah Wooderson for 24dash.com in Communities Friday 26th June 2009 - 4:33pm Passengers' anger over rail bosses' bonuses The award of six-figure bonuses to Network Rail bosses sparked widespread anger today from passenger groups, politicians, rail regulators and transport unions.