Federal officials have launched an investigation into a runaway train car that rolled out of control for 15 miles near Walla Walla, Washington, on Tuesday. Police raced westward on U.S. Highway 12 ...

NEW YORK — A runaway locomotive rolled a mile and a half down the tracks in Queens on Wednesday, plowing into vehicles and injuring four people, two of whom were in critical condition Wednesday night.

A Phoenix man was close to turning a locomotive into his own runaway train. Police say 20-year-old Julio Rodriguez was arrested earlier this month after trying to steal a train from a rail yard just ...

Investigative Reporter Darrel Richter has uncovered new information about efforts to stop the train that ran away from a Walbridge rail yard last spring. We've obtained a detailed internal memo from ...

When thousands of tons of freight cars rolled free from a Montclair switching station, crew members knew they had just minutes to try to stop them before the runaway cars gained too much speed. Their ...

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