January 1915 - Guadalajara, Mexico: More than 600 people die when a train derails into a ravine during a steep descent. May 22, 1915 - Gretna, Scotland: The United Kingdom’s worst rail disaster occurs ...

(Reuters) -Union Pacific said on Tuesday it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85-billion deal to create the country's first coast-to-coast freight rail operator. Such mergers have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will soon launch an extensive rail replacement project covering 30 miles of tracks ...

On Monday, it was announced the federal government has committed $3.4 billion to build "The Portal," a new rail link extending Caltrain's network to the multimodal Salesforce Transit Center in San ...

Springfield Union Station is in line for a serious track makeover aimed at clearing a long-standing rail choke point and ...

Some U.S. House members are endorsing a $205 billion rail act bill intended to jump start the construction of a nationwide high-speed rail network. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) first introduced the ...