State transportation officials in Alabama and Georgia last week celebrated completion of the nation's longest rails-to-trails conversion. ...read more.

Federal and state agents in Montana recently tested their ability to respond to attempts by terrorists to smuggle a dirty bomb into the United States ...read more.

California regulators last week ordered train crewmembers to stop using cell phones while they are on duty following a deadly collision between two ...read more.

Norfolk Southern Railway says its ethanol transfer station in Alexandria, Va., is a sign of the times, but local residents are more concerned about ...read more.

Railroads still are assessing their share of the estimated $81 billion in damage caused by Hurricane Ike in the past week. They ...read more.

New York State Police arrested a 33-year-old Narrowsburg man who is accused of using pruning shears to cut overhead power lines that control railroad ...read more.

Human error by the engineer of a Metrolink passenger train is being blamed in a preliminary investigation for the deadly Sept. 12 train crash in the ...read more.

With its recent record ridership, Amtrak is considering adding more cars to its high-speed Acela service and raising fares along the Northeast ...read more.

Amtrak won a political ally during the Democratic National Convention when presidential candidate Barack Obama announced he chose Sen. Joe Biden ...read more.

Norfolk Southern Railway is challenging a federal government agency's report that blames the railroad for an Oct. 20, 2006 derailment at New ...read more.