Milwaukee's streetcar landed amongst transit organizations across the U.S. with some of the highest derailment rates last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows a train carrying tank cars, some containing hazardous ...

Train derailments in the Pittsburgh region are more likely to happen in disadvantaged communities and near waterways. The report from the University of Pittsburgh looks at rail accidents between 1998 ...

The MBTA is responding after federal regulators issued a stern warning letter over dozens of incidents involving maintenance vehicles.The Federal Transit Administration pointed to 27 maintenance ...

Train derailments are significant safety events that can lead to serious injuries, damage, and disruptions. While rare, they are often the result of a combination of factors related to the environment ...

Boston-area MBTA riders have sadly become accustomed to harrowing stories of train derailments and other accidents. Less discussed, though dangerous, are the obstacles that exist for riders inside the ...

This image provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows a train carrying tank cars, some containing hazardous materials, traveling across a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., on ...

A train derails and spills at least 1,000 gallons of hazardous materials in the U.S. about once every two months. Nearly half of those derailments resulted in evacuations; more than a quarter resulted ...

This image provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows a train carrying tank cars, some containing hazardous materials, traveling across a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., on ...

This image provided by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism shows a train carrying tank cars, some containing hazardous materials, traveling across a railroad bridge in Paulsboro, N.J., on ...