Freight trains carrying coal pose a health risk to communities living near rail lines. (Getty) Trains carrying loads of coal bring with them higher rates of asthma, heart disease, hospitalization and ...

The freight train was carrying 118 tons of coal, with all cars fully loaded, when 15 of the cars derailed with at least one car ending up in the river, the California Governor's Office of ...

NEW DELHI: The Railways conducted a test run of the 3.5-km-long freight train, Super Vasuki, with 295 loaded wagons carrying over 27,000 tonnes of coal between Korba in Chhattisgarh and Rajnandgao ...

Their results, published last year, showed that coal trains and terminal operations added a significant amount of PM 2.5 pollution to urban areas, more than other freight or passenger trains.

A Union Pacific freight train derailed in Nebraska early on Tuesday, sparking an emergency response.. Around 30 cars carrying coal jumped tracks three miles southeast of the town of Gothenburg at ...

Freight trains criss-crossing the country carry cars of coal and tanks of oil and natural gas to power plants to help keep the nation’s electric grid going.

Explore Super Vasuki, India’s longest and heaviest freight train with 295 wagons, built to transport 27,000 tonnes of coal across 267 km in one journey.