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 ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- An Eyewitness News exclusive investigation found that trains carrying dangerous chemicals are passing over a busted rail just miles from Manhattan, and an expect thinks it could ...

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 ...

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 ...

it sat idling on the tracks in South Scranton on Sept. 19, 1977. When it slipped backwards out of the old Erie Lackawanna Railroad yard and began an unscheduled trip to Edwardsville at 10:20 p.m. that ...