Freight trains have grown longer over the past two decades, blocking highways, delaying passenger trains and increasing the potential for derailments as regulatory safeguards have lagged, a new ...

Roads and train crossings were blocked Friday morning in the south suburbs after a freight train derailment, with more than a dozen cars derailed and emergency crews on scene. About 4:45 a.m. Friday, ...

A freight train derailed in Iowa, causing about three dozen cars to pile up. The freight train operated by Union Pacific derailed around 5 p.m. local time Monday east of Glidden, Iowa, Union Pacific ...

A Union Pacific (UP) freight train derailed around 6 am Monday morning on the east end of the Steel Bridge, halting all travel across the bridge for more than four hours. While the bridge reopened to ...

Police were investigating Tuesday after a freight train was burglarized in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois. This is far from the first time such a thing has happened. CBS Skywatch was over the scene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A freight train passes at a railroad crossing. (Thomas Winz/Getty Images) Freight trains have grown longer over the past two ...