Those involved with the railroad ... on a tree like that is very dangerous because you can squash the life,” he said Tuesday. Leber has agreed to the city’s request to spread mulch around ...

LONG BEACH, MS (WLOX) - A woman escaped unharmed after jumping over the railroad tracks in Long Beach and crashing into a tree. The wreck happened Tuesday around 9:20 a.m. near the intersection of ...

The train-versus-tree incident occurred around 7:44 a.m. A damaged locomotive was replaced as 247 passengers waited on board.

Bennett, a local hotel keeper who sheltered enslaved people seeking freedom along the Underground Railroad. During the 19th century, people often gathered around the tree to hear speeches by ...

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the nation's largest railroads says it must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties under its tracks because they're degrading faster than expected. In a federal ...

The tree has also kept secrets — most notably the quiet arrival of slaves stopping on their way to freedom as part of the Underground Railroad. James is the fifth generation of his family to ...

There’s a snag: The railroad is in disrepair. Thousands of ties have failed. Nearly 10 years ago, inspectors X-rayed all 43,437 ties. At the time, 2,443 had failed, 10,000 were near failure and ...

"and we're replacing some deteriorating railroad ties and the ground support around those." The railroad was purchased by the city in 1987, after being in operation for over 100 years. The city ...