Battery electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled ...

Freight trains are getting longer in the U.S. with some stretching for two or three miles. Longer trains allow for more goods to move more efficiently, lowering fuel costs for the railroads. But these ...

A new train for the busy Washington to Boston route has finally passed a computer modeling test and is set for tryouts on the tracks. Amtrak has no date yet for when it can carry passengers. By Mark ...

NEW YORK -- As we saw when a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in February, one accident can impact an entire community. Trains carrying similarly toxic chemicals travel through New Jersey every ...