Research on charcoal pieces from ancient debris flows has shown fires and erosion have shaped Earth’s landscape for at least thousands of years. However, the rising risk of wildfires near populated ...

With a merger application for the proposed $85 billion historic merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern expected to be filed with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) this week, more than ...

A contractor removing snow from a Naperville train station was killed when a freight train struck the snow-removal equipment that the man was operating, according to city officials. Naperville police ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A Naperville contractor has died after being hit by a freight train while removing snow on Monday night, officials said. The city of Naperville said police and fire officials ...

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A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train in suburban Downers Grove Sunday morning. According to Downers Grove police, officers were called to the train tracks near Washington Street at ...

It was a Thanksgiving miracle. An elderly woman miraculously only suffered minor injuries Wednesday after a freight train slammed into her car along a New Jersey highway — and dragged it for a quarter ...

Like any form of transport, trains come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. For public transportation purposes, more riders mean more fares and more income, and so it's a matter of accommodating as ...

RAVENNA, Ohio — Police in Ravenna say a pedestrian is dead after being struck and killed by a CSX freight train Friday afternoon. The department says the victim was on the railroad tracks between ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A driver was hospitalized after a crash involving a freight train in Beaverton on Friday morning, authorities said. At around 9 a.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews ...

ACCIDENT HERE, BUT APPARENTLY THERE’S AN INCIDENT THIS MORNING AND THEY JUST SOMEBODY DROVE UP ON THE TRACKS AND TRAIN GOT THEM. THIS IS WHERE THE CAR LANDED AFTER IT WAS HIT BY A CSX TRAIN AROUND ...