An Amtrak passenger train collided with three Conrail engines Sunday, killing at least 12 people and injuring 175. It was the worst accident in Amtrak`s history in terms of fatalities. Rescue teams ...

The days of Conrail will come alive again this weekend at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg. The museum, in conjunction with the Conrail Historical Society, will feature the equipment, ...

More than a dozen freight cars and locomotives jumped their tracks Tuesday when two trains collided at a rail intersection in Momence, just 11 miles east of last week’s fatal Amtrak crash. Many of the ...

Sifting the facts of the recent collision between four Amtrak locomotives and a Conrail coal train near Chase, the one clear lesson is that those who ignore the past aren’t the only ones condemned to ...

A Conrail railroad crossing and a tractor-trailer out of Texas were destroyed yesterday morning when the truck and a train crashed in flames in Fleetwood, Berks County, Fleetwood police said. The ...

Conrail Inc. agreed late Friday to an amended merger agreement that allows suitors CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. to split the railroad and end months of legal and corporate brawling. The ...

The drive to start a scenic railway in the Lehigh Valley will be boosted by the arrival of one of the most powerful steam engines ever made. A 230-ton “Hudson” type locomotive — an engine capable of ...

JERSEY CITY -- The theft ring leader of the "Conrail Boyz," a highly organized north Jersey freight train robbery gang, was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for resuming his cargo theft ...