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HARRISBURG — Though many celebrated expanded Amtrak service for Pittsburgh, critics cry foul, pointing to long-term trends that work against train tra...

FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — When my husband suggested that the kids and I accompany him on a work trip to New York City, I am fairly certain that I laug...

Saturday is a momentous occasion at Kinzua Bridge State Park — the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the tornado that completely changed the pa...

WASHINGTON — A policy change is needed to help emergency personnel who respond to train derailments, and Pennsylvania’s senators are lauding a new pro...

MOUNT JEWETT — The Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad three-car train derailment has been cleared, but the crossing at Center Street is going to remain clo...

MOUNT JEWETT — A few cars on a Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad train through Mount Jewett hopped the track late Monday night, but did not tip over or sp...

HARRISBURG (AP) — Spurred on by train derailments, some states with busy criss-crossing freight railroads are pursuing their own safety remedies rathe...

It’s open! Kinzua Bridge has been inspected, and found that “all is good,” said Wesley Robinson with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resour...

HARRISBURG — The Kinzua Bridge and the areas around and under it are temporarily closed while state engineers inspect the structure. High winds last w...

HARRISBURG — Since the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Pennsylvania lawmakers have shown greater concern about railroad safety in...

NEW CASTLE (AP) — Nine railcars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in Pennsylvania, with no hazardous chemicals on board and no reported i...

EMPORIUM — The Barbara Moscato Brown Memorial Library will honor the memory of librarian Anna English with a ceremony at 5 p.m. Monday, April 25. Frie...

The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvan...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators John Fetterman, D-Pa., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, introduced the Railway Accountability Act to address ad...

EMPORIUM — Another round of funding is available from a settlement from the 2006 train derailment that caused a serious fish kill in Big Fill Run, Sin...

HARRISBURG — The railroad at the heart of the hazardous train crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border offered vague answers Monday about who agreed to...

WASHINGTON — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw supports some rail safety improvement proposals, but is yet to commit to the full bipartisan legislation f...

HARRISBURG — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw did not appear in front of Pennsylvania lawmakers on Wednesday, but is expected to do so later this month ...

This Sunday, March 12, at 2 a.m., time will “spring forward” as we mark the end of Standard Time (also known as Normal Time), and the beginning of Day...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators on Tuesday announced a special investigation into rail operator Norfolk Southern following a fiery derailment...