EAST PALESTINE, Ohio -- The nation's top environmental official promised to support East Palestine, Ohio, throughout the cleanup of a toxic train derailment there that fueled anxiety about potential ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that Norfolk Southern has agreed to give all Amtrak passenger trains the "highest priority" over freight trains. The settlement with ...

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states. By Peter Eavis Union Pacific, a freight rail giant, announced on Tuesday that it had ...

A Norfolk Southern train carrying hydrochloric acid derailed near Dooms on June 23. Fifteen of the train's 96 cars derailed, seven of which contained hydrochloric acid, but no leaks were reported.

The arc of Atlanta’s history and the path of its growth can be traced through the rail lines that forged it. Many of those tracks today are operated by Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, a railroad with ...

Three years after a Norfolk Southern train derailed, injuring two employees, the rail company is taking the owners of a Richland County pasta facility to federal court. In a lawsuit filed July 1, ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday it settled a lawsuit with Norfolk Southern that alleged the railroad delayed Amtrak passenger trains on a route that stretches from New York City to New ...