The Columbia Police Department is asking for the public to avoid the area of W. 7th Street and Trotwood Avenue between Blackburn Lane and Academy Lane due to a train derailment.

Champaign, IL -- Broken rails or damaged wheels can cause train accidents with potential loss of life, injury or property damage. Researchers at the University of Illinois are fabricating fiber-optic ...

The railroad car at left, which was blocking Farley Road in Wendell after Tuesday’s derailment, was moved out of the road Wednesday, unblocking a resident’s driveway. Heavy equipment is used to clean ...

SEPTA is in the hot seat as its officials were called to testify at a hearing for City Council’s Committee on Transportation ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) _ Slowing demand has forced a Chicago company to halt construction of a railroad wheel plant in Tulsa that would have employed 250. Griffin Wheel Co., a division of Chicago-based ...

Two major projects planned for Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s “T” line are scheduled to begin next month. PRT said the projects are aimed at increasing reliability and improving safety. Rail service ...

Failure to keep up with basic maintenance and refusal to take safety steps recommended for years by internal and external reviews were the likely causes of a Metro derailment at the Mount Vernon ...