Although US coal consumption has fallen dramatically since 2005, the country still consumes millions of tons a year, and exports tons more—much of it transported by train. Now, new research shows that ...

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series that will appear in coming weeks about whether trains serving the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal terminal will increase cancer risks.

A derailed Spokane-bound train interrupted an interstate railroad thoroughfare for more than 24 hours, but the tracks were to reopen Tuesday night, BNSF Railway Co. officials said. The freight train ...

The decision clouds the path of the proposed Great Redwood Trail, a 320-mile bicycle and pedestrian recreation route along former railways stretching from Eureka to San Francisco Bay. A controversial, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The train derailment on Feb. 3 sent toxic chemicals into the small town of East Palestine, Ohio. Since then, there have been two other train derailments — all from Norfolk Southern ...

Two years ago, the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay completed the $16.6 million purchase of the dormant Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, bringing new life to rail freight along Oregon’s ...