First, some history. To address the looming collapse of freight and passenger rail traffic in the East as a result of those railroad bankruptcies, Congress passed the Regional Rail Reorganization Act ...

The engineer of the Conrail train involved in the worst accident in Amtrak history was indicted Monday on 16 counts of manslaughter by locomotive. Ricky Gates, 32, of Essex, Md., was the engineer of ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - More than a decade ago they were called the largest gang ever to attack North American railroads and gained enough notoriety to be the subject of a television documentary. Now, ...

WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...