ELKO COUNTY, Nevada (KSTU) — A man died early Monday morning after an apparent train-hopping accident in eastern Nevada. The Elko County Sheriff’s Office said emergency dispatch received a call around ...
June 19 (Reuters) - A freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in a sparsely populated part of Nevada on Wednesday, forcing the closing of a major interstate highway, authorities said. The ...
The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...
WASHINGTON ― The heightened safety challenges and operational demands of long freight trains require a combination of actions from major freight railroad companies, the Federal Railroad Administration ...
In late July, the Department of Justice took up a cause it hadn’t touched since the late 1970s: It sued a freight railroad for delaying Amtrak trains. In the lawsuit, the DOJ alleges that on tracks ...