Instead of a conventional train with one or more locomotive cars pulling a long chain of unpowered cargo cars, each rail car is a self-powered electric vehicle. "It's essentially like a skateboard ...

More than 50 cars from the 150-car cargo train of the same company were derailed, followed by a huge fire. There were no reported injuries but the dangerous chemicals that could be exposed to the ...

PITTSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said. The cars, part of a 94 ...