When the Eads Bridge opened on July 4, 1874, it had been publicly tested just two days earlier. Eads had borrowed 14 locomotives from seven railroad ... A major disaster befell St. Louis ...

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FITCHBURG, Wis. (WMTV) - A truck driver carrying an oversized load did some quick thinking to avoid crashing into a railroad bridge Friday on Hwy. 14. Just before 9:00 a.m., the driver called ...

A spokesperson for PNWR confirmed that the 19-car train was crossing the railroad bridge when it collapsed, but that there were no reported injuries. As of Sunday afternoon, the railcar was still ...

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The disaster's aftermath was worsened ... Trains transitioned to safer steam heating systems, and railroad safety standards became more consistent. Bridge inspections also became mandatory and ...

NORTH SIOUX CITY -- Some property owners in North Sioux City unleashed a torrent of complaints about increased activity at a rail yard during Tuesday night's City Council meeting, claiming the ...

Courtesy of Corvallis Police A railroad trestle in Corvallis, Oregon, collapsed Saturday afternoon, sending one freight car into the Marys River. Another freight car was partially submerged ...

Months after preparing to strike, train workers unions are blaming US railroad companies' labor practices for the disaster in Ohio — and say without change, it's only a matter of time before ...