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News Articles: trains

Wrecked wagons and mangled pieces of metal are seen near the tracks after a train accident in the Tempi Valley near Larissa, Greece, March 1, 2023.

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  • World

2 years after Greece's deadliest train crash, victims and families await answers

On Feb. 28, 2023, a passenger train and freight train collided, leaving 57 dead. New evidence suggests many may not have been killed by the crash itself, but by a fire that followed.

February 27, 2025
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By:
  • Lydia Emmanouilidou
Travel, train hopper-style.

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  • National

Train hoppers ride the rails across America — and you can tag along

Civil War-era hobos hopped trains to find work. Content creators hop trains with their GoPros. Hitching rides on the railroad is an American tradition.

February 17, 2025
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
A long Norfolk Southern freight train passes through the town of East Palestine, Ohio on Jan. 17.

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  • Investigations

Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine

Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Cat Murphy,
  • Liam Bowman,
  • and 1 more
Ken Bianco Sr. and son Ken Bianco Jr., owners of TrainLand in Lynbrook, New York are the largest retailers of Lionel trains in the nation.

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  • National

Trains, tracks, and tradition: Lionel celebrates 125 years of Christmas fun

Lionel trains turns 125, celebrating more than a century of holiday magic. From historic models to smartphone-controlled locomotives, these iconic toy trains continue to captivate kids and collectors alike.

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Mayor of Stockbridge Anthony Ford, right, hands off a business card to Federal Rail Administator Amit Bose before Bose spoke to the Interstate 75 Central Corridor Coalition in Indian Springs State Park.

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  • Economy

Head of the Federal Railroad Administration says Georgia needs passenger train champions

The lead federal administrator for the nation's rail lines said Georgia needs to politically rally around passenger rail to get trains as fast as neighboring states.

May 09, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A train passes through Norfolk Southern's third digital train inspection portal in Jackson, Georgia. About 19 trains pass through here in a day.

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  • News

Jackson rail line gets latest tech in Norfolk Southern’s efforts to improve safety

Using cameras and artificial intelligence developed in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the freight company plans to catch issues quicker.

April 12, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Rescuers and others stand after two passenger trains collided in Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.29, 2023.

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  • Asia

A passenger train slams into another in southern India, killing 13 people

The incoming train slammed into a stationary train in Andhra Pradesh state's Vizianagaram district, causing a derailment of at least three rail cars, senior railway official said.

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
 One child helps another cross over a parked freight train blocking their route to school.

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  • News

As rail profits soar, blocked crossings force kids to crawl under trains to get to school

Every day across America, trains park in the middle of neighborhoods and major intersections, waiting to enter congested rail yards or for one crew to switch with another. They block crossings, sometimes for hours or days, disrupting life and endangering lives.

June 16, 2023
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By:
  • Topher Sanders ,
  • Dan Schwartz ,
  • and 1 more
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023.

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  • Asia

A signaling error appears to have caused the train crash that killed 275 in India

The derailment in eastern India that killed nearly 300 people and injured hundreds more was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks.

June 04, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
The Los Angeles skyline is seen above the Union Pacific LATC Intermodal Terminal on Tuesday.

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  • Climate

California becomes the first state to adopt emission rules for trains

California approved a rule limiting rail pollution to aggressively cut greenhouse gas emissions in the state's latest move to establish itself as a global leader in the fight against climate change.

April 27, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Two badger cubs are seen in the Szeged Game Park in Szeged, south of Budapest, Hungary, on April 12, 2006. Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have halted trains in the Netherlands, forcing lengthy cancellations on at least two lines.

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  • Europe

Burrowing badgers have halted some train service in the Netherlands

Badgers burrowing under rail tracks have forced lengthy cancellations on at least two lines. Rail operators have to get permission to move the protected animals before repairs can begin.

March 21, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Oksana Shevliuha, 51, wears a Ukrainian flag as she greets her daughter, Anastasia, who arrived on the first train to reach liberated Kherson on Saturday. They had not seen each other for six months. The first Ukrainian Railways train arrived in Kherson following a Russian occupation that lasted more than eight months.

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  • World

Photos: The emotional scenes as the 1st train from Kyiv arrives in liberated Kherson

Family members separated for months poured out onto the platform and embraced their loved ones in tearful, joyful reunions. Passengers gawked as they took in the destruction of Russia's occupation.

November 22, 2022
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By:
  • Carol Guzy and
  • Pete Kiehart
Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard in Chicago

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  • Business

How an attendance policy brought the U.S. to the brink of a nationwide rail strike

Freight rail workers had threatened to strike Friday. The unions were unhappy about a policy that penalizes workers who take unscheduled time off, including for medical needs.

September 15, 2022
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A BNSF railroad train hauling carloads of coal from the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming is seen east of Hardin, Mont., on July 15, 2020. Business and top officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, while talks continue between the nation's largest freight railroads and their unions.

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  • News

One union rejects deal days ahead of rail strike deadline

Members of one union are rejecting a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads while three other unions remained at the bargaining table just days ahead of a national strike deadline. A strike, which could begin Friday, would intensify snarls in the nation's supply chain that have contributed to rising prices.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Associated Press
Rescuers carry a boat into the subway in Zhengzhou, China, in July after flash floods trapped passengers underground.

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  • Climate

NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

September 02, 2021
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  • Rebecca Hersher
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