Seattle Has A Powered Train That Can Cross A Floating Bridge - Here's How It Works

While trains crossing floating bridges aren't new, Seattle's electrically powered Crosslake Connection is an astonishing ...
WTVD

Prosecutors: Engineer deliberately ran train off tracks in attempt to smash the USNS Mercy

SAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES -- An engineer deliberately ran a train off the tracks at high speed near the Port of Los Angeles in an attempt to crash into and damage the USNS Mercy hospital ship, ...

Passenger trains expected to return to Michigan Central Station, says state leaders

Michigan Central Station is getting back on track as Governor Whitmer stopped by the iconic building to announce that ...
KGW8

Train engineer texted 22 seconds before LA crash

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A commuter train engineer sent a cell phone text message 22 seconds before his commuter train crashed head-on into freight train outside Los Angeles last month, killing 25 people, ...

Thousands of passengers set for Christmas travel disruption due to train engineering works

Thousands of rail passengers will face disruption during the forthcoming Christmas period due to engineering works. Many of ...
WPXI

Train engineer says he saw too many ‘safety-shortcuts’ at Norfolk Southern

PITTSBURGH — For years, Scott Wilcox drove a train for Norfolk Southern, traveling between the Conway Pennsylvania rail yard and Toledo, Ohio. “More times than I care to count,” says Wilcox. It’s the ...
Time

Engineer on Derailed Train ‘Consciously Asleep’: Is That Possible?

According to the New York Daily News, investigators said train engineer William Rockefeller Jr. was “consciously asleep” moments before the train he was driving reached 82 m.p.h. (132 km/h) in a ...