News & Products for the week of July 28th 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about ...

Between 10 and 14 freight train cars derailed near a rail crossing in Romulus, Michigan. No immediate threat to the public has been reported in the incident's aftermath.

16 freight cars carrying corn derailed Wednesday morning underneath a key rail overpass in Elko, Nevada. No injuries were reported in the incident.

RAILWAY AGE, MARCH 2025 ISSUE: In terms of freight car types, the North American covered hopper car interchange fleet, at 570,000 units, is the largest. Within the next eight years, approximately ...

A fire that ignited on a railroad freight car in Westfield on Tuesday is being considered suspicious by fire officials, and they are asking for the public’s help. Westfield firefighters arrived ...

In 2011, a Norfolk Southern car inspector, under mounting pressure to stop reporting car defects, drove to work, clocked in and shot himself. His death shook the industry but didn’t change it.

Car after car, little to break the monotony of black tankers and brown boxcars. Then, surprise. Graffiti-covered boxcars are shown on a railroad siding along Cunningham Drive in Sioux City, Iowa.

Its freight and passenger operations cover over 400 miles of track. The railroad owns 1,800 freight cars and employs more than 350 people.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...

News & Products for the week of July 21st 2025 Model railroad operators and builders can get the latest information about ...