A man sitting on the Conrail tracks near the S. 2nd Street crossing in Emmaus suffered an injured foot yesterday when hit by a train after the conductor stopped it abruptly, according to police. The ...

– Consolidated Rail Corp. acquired 2,500 shares of Trailer Train Co. stock for $44 million. The purchase increased Conrail`s holdings in the Chicago-based firm to 3,500 shares, or 21.8 percent of ...

Bowie — Two 1950s vintage locomotives pulled the dark green train at a sedate pace across a wooded Southern Maryland landscape punctuated by old farms and ponds sprouting lily pads. From an ...

The train chugged toward the 31st Street crossing in Allentown. Red lights flashed, the train whistle blew and the crossing gates began to come down. Suddenly, a blue Ford Bronco darted across the ...

The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier Monday for railroads to test workers for drugs, ruling 7-2 that union approval is not needed for drug tests to be conducted during routine physical examinations.

WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...