All trains in both directions on Metra’s busy BNSF line from the western suburbs to Union Station were stopped Thursday morning after a vehicle struck a bridge, with “extensive” delays anticipated, ...

Authorities were investigating the death of a rail conductor who was hit by a passing train Sunday in Montana, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The conductor worked for BNSF Railway, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Union Pacific eastbound container train heads through Rock Creek in the Feather River Canyon, Calif., on June 22, 2013. (Photo: ...

WASHINGTON — Failure to comply with a railroad rule requiring a person on the ground for a back-up vehicle move, and inadequate understanding of that rule, contributed to a fatal accident in which a ...