A train derailment outside Milwaukee spilled thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, injured three conductors, and involved a ...

A Wisconsin Southern train derailed on Hartford's far northwest side Monday morning. News Chopper 12's Matt Salemme said he sees 19 cars off the track. He said firefighters are trying to contain a ...

The D&H Historical Society hosted an event for train lovers to learn about rail riding in the Adirondacks and enjoy preserved ...

Gas prices may rise by about 8 cents a gallon this week, one commentator predicts, while higher diesel prices would mean even ...

When a train carrying crude oil derailed in the Quebec town of Lac-Mégantic in 2013, the results were catastrophic: The derailment and oil spill triggered explosions and fires that destroyed half ...

The president of the Railway Supply Institute, while describing the DOT-111 tank car as "a very safe vehicle," nevertheless is urging federal regulators to support the institute's recommendations ...

Opponents of continued rail shipments of crude oil into the Port of Albany rallied Monday in a snowstorm outside the downtown Albany headquarters of the state Department of Environmental ...

The oil train came apart on the snowy tracks north of Bellingham shortly after the locomotive engineer got the mile-long chain of petroleum tanks on wheels under way.

Oil-train critic and author Justin Mikulka said in an email that in his view, “If a train was going under 10 mph with the new cars and that still resulted in tank ruptures and fire, it is very ...

Railroad tank cars damaged when an oil train derailed last week in Custer were moved Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 29, one week after 10 cars jumped the tracks and several burst into flames.

Congress in 2015 created new safety standards, including a requirement that safer tank cars be used for transporting flammable material such as crude oil. Washington’s Legislature stepped up.

Wallace said the northbound train headed for the Phillips 66 Refinery west of Ferndale was hauling more than 100 tank cars of crude oil from the Bakken Formation in North Dakota.