The train chugged toward the 31st Street crossing in Allentown. Red lights flashed, the train whistle blew and the crossing gates began to come down. Suddenly, a blue Ford Bronco darted across the ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

Evidence that Amtrak workers failed to connect properly th air brakes of four locomotives that crashed into a Conrail freight train near Chase on Friday turned the investigation yesterday to Amtrak’s ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Failures at every level, from both Conrail and first responders, contributed to a dangerous situation during the Paulsboro train derailment and chemical spill in 2012, but the ...