The agency that oversees the U.S. rail network thinks it has a plan to help freight trains switch from diesel to cleaner and less expensive electric power. A Federal Railroad Administration study on ...

In the US, Parallel Systems is also working on electrifying individual freight wagons so that they can move independently around a rail network – but in a very different way, with batteries. The ...

LA GRANGE, Ill. (WLS) -- Metra BNSF trains began resuming operations Friday evening after it was disrupted in parts of the west suburbs due to a semi being struck by a freight train. A freight train ...

Inbound and outbound trains on a busy Metra line Friday were stopped after a freight train derailment, Metra said, with extensive delays anticipated. According a post from the Metra BNSF line, all ...