An Amtrak passenger train collided with three Conrail engines Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 175. It was the worst accident in Amtrak`s history in terms of fatalities. Rescue teams ...

A Conrail engineman lost his job as the result of an Aug. 28, 1977, train crash on the Rockville Bridge. According to reports in The Patriot, six cars and three engines of two Conrail freight trains ...

”This is the first occasion where recorders were used on both trains in a major accident,” said Nall, adding that searchers had found three recorders from the Conrail engines. He said a recorder that ...

The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the Conrail Historical Society, will feature the equipment, ...

On this day, Jan. 4, in 1987, an Amtrak train that had left the District collided with Conrail engines in Baltimore County, killing 16 people. Conrail engineer Ricky Gates had been smoking marijuana ...

Sifting the facts of the recent collision between four Amtrak locomotives and a Conrail coal train near Chase, the one clear lesson is that those who ignore the past aren’t the only ones condemned to ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...