You’ve probably heard all the arguments against the proposed expansion of coal production. Dozens more traffic-stopping trains on the rails across Puget Sound. The potential environmental impact. On ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — CSX expects to take a $40 million hit in the fourth quarter due to lower than expected coal and automotive shipments. An Oct. 25 coal train derailment in Providence Forge, Va., and ...

The biggest freight trains on Earth are built for extreme distances and heavy cargo. Here are five record-setters and the ...

Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and death for residents living nearest the rail lines, according to a new study from the University ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has taken notice of the uproar in Spokane and other communities about the possibility of more coal shipments passing through. In early April, the EPA issued a ...

Have you heard about the plans to develop one of the largest coal export facilities on the continent at Cherry Point? This is located about 15 miles northwest of Bellingham. What could this mean for ...

A coal train derailment north of Enfield, North Carolina, has been cleared, and Amtrak trains between the Northeast and Florida are getting back on schedule. CSX says 28 cars loaded with coal left the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Montana Rail Link officials stood before commissioners to talk about train traffic through town, and how it's increasing. "Our volume is going to grow" said Jim Lewis with the MRL.

Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series that will appear in coming weeks about whether trains serving the proposed Millennium Bulk Terminals coal terminal will increase cancer risks.

ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN (AP) — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa's arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train. The ...

BALTIMORE -- In a new letter, Rep. Kweisi Mfume is asking the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate uncovered coal trains in Baltimore City, saying his residents are tired of breathing ...