Three railcars carrying ethanol caught fire and at least eight leaked their contents after 15 railcars and two locomotives of an 81-car train traveling to New Jersey derailed Wednesday along a stretch ...

CHICAGO | Ethanol and railroads. They may not seem the perfect match, but consider this: ethanol, a Midwest-grown, cleaner-burning alternative fuel that can't travel in petroleum pipes because it ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Rail cars sit on tracks at The Belt Railway of Chicago intermodal facility, jointly owned by railroads including CSX Corp. and ...

ARCADIA, Ohio (AP) - Several tanker cars carrying volatile chemicals continued to burn Sunday evening after a freight train derailed and caused an explosion, a fire official said. Some residents who ...

A Union Pacific freight train with 110 cars derailed around 11:30 p.m. Monday, shutting down roads from Peters Street to Gibson Street, according to the city of Waxahachie. No injuries were reported.

TISKILWA, Ill. (AP) — Explosions shook a northern Illinois village awake early Friday when a freight train loaded with ethanol crashed and ignited, sending bright orange flames shooting into the sky ...