The fiery North Dakota derailment that burned for days early last month was the latest train crash to involve the flawed tank cars that the National Transportation Safety Board has been trying to get ...

Union Tank Car (UTLX) donated this tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, and nearby municipalities. The 61,100-lb rail tank car was ...

A line of tanker cars sits on a line of the Belpre Industrial Parkersburg Railroad in Belpre, in storage, waiting for a customer to lease them. (Photo by Art Smith) BELPRE — For several weeks, there ...

Kelso Technologies reported that the Association of American Railroads (AAR); U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA); and the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has ...

House members from Pennsylvania and Ohio have introduced a bill requiring the Federal Railroad Administration to study tank ...

HERMON, Maine (WABI) - Multiple fire departments and Maine DEP responded to reports of rail cars venting in Hermon this morning. Officials say this is supposed to happen on hot days as the contents of ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will review, per request of Congress, current U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) plans and ...

The US Department of Transportation has proposed new rules for transporting crude by rail that are designed to lessen the frequency and consequences of train accidents by reducing the speed of trains, ...

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) on Wednesday urged rail tank car owners and hazmat shippers of flammable liquids to stop using tank cars, opens new tab like ...

I am a concerned East Lovejoy resident, and think a potentially dangerous situation should be made known to the people who live in adjacent communities. My community is south of Broadway Street, ...

Union Tank Car Company (UTLX) on Dec. 2 announced that it has donated a rail tank car to support hands-on training for the Chicago Fire Department, Calumet City Fire Department, and nearby ...