Gavin Newsom delivered a classic “self-own” this week when he posted a video on social media touting progress on high-speed rail — while standing in front of a stationary freight train. It was an ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom was mocked for posing in front of a freight train to tout progress on the troubled High Speed Rail project — still years from carrying passengers despite a staggering price tag of ...

CSX deploys its first owned and operated locomotive service truck in Ohio. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) teams ...

VILLA PARK, Ill. (WGN) – Union Pacific West (UP-W) inbound and outbound Metra trains are stopped near Villa Park after a freight train hit a pedestrian Thursday afternoon. Metra issued an alert ...

For Week 7 (ending Feb. 21, 2026), total U.S. rail traffic rose 10.7% from the prior-year period, the Association of American Railroads reported Feb. 25.

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. A pedestrian was hit by a freight train on Thursday afternoon in ...

Photos of the Mansfield train derailment. More than a dozen cars were derailed on Thursday morning. Photo courtesy of Aaron Flaum on Facebook A freight train derailed in Mansfield Depot on Thursday ...

MANSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A freight train derailed Thursday in Connecticut, sending cars carrying flammable liquid propane into the water, though officials say they don't appear to be leaking. Local and ...

PLANT CITY, Fla. — A freight train derailed overnight in the Dover area of Hillsborough County. The derailment happened near Turkey Creek Road and Durant Road. Five train cars on the CSX train ...

MANSFIELD, Conn. — A freight train carrying liquified natural gas derailed on Thursday in Connecticut, with some of its 14 cars plunging into a river, authorities said. According to the Connecticut ...