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 ...

‘Twas the Saturday night before Christmas and a Conrail “Santa Train,” lit up and decorated for the season, struck a minivan at a crossing in South Plainfield, leaving the driver uninjured but his ...

No injuries were reported Wednesday after a cargo train derailed overnight in Gloucester County, authorities said. The incident involved a Conrail train that came off the tracks along Gateway ...

An open house will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the depot at Michigan Avenue and Washington Street. What ended up being a $3.6 million project began in the early 1990s when then-Mayor Elmo Gonzalez ...

One person died and three children were injured after a weekend crash involving their vehicle and a train in southwestern Michigan, officials reported. Coloma Township police officers were called at ...

A railway maintenance vehicle collided with a car in Burlington County on Wednesday, leaving two 81-year-old people injured, New Jersey State Police said. Troopers responded to County Route 674 at ...

A man is dead after he was struck by a freight train in New Jersey on Wednesday evening, according to Camden County Police. The crash happened near the intersection of South 6th Street and Carl Miller ...

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