Federal officials say a damaged track switch knocked a train carrying hazardous materials off the rails in Whatcom County last week. Three tank cars carrying diesel fuel and two carrying molten sulfur ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio— FBI agents on Friday arrested a Cleveland man on federal charges that accuse him of trying to cause a train derailment by wedging metal and spikes on tracks and track switches used ...

SEATTLE — The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. is nearing the end of the line on the installation of a $30 million IP network along a heavily traveled rail corridor in the Seattle area, a ...

Researchers are working on a new cutting-edge railway switch (points) technology to improve upon the traditional design, which has been in use for over 200 years. Researchers from the University of ...