Rail passengers, shippers and government officials joined yesterday to form an organization dedicated to derailing Conrail’s plan to dismantle a now- unused rail line between Hellertown and the Lehigh ...

Bowing out of the fray over Conrail`s sale last week, Norfolk Southern Corp. paved the way for a public sale of the federally owned freight line. But the government`s push to unload Conrail still ...

Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives are working feverishly to craft a piece of legislation that probably represents the last chance for the government to sell Conrail this year.

Bethlehem City Council has agreed to spend up to $500,000 to help repair a storm water drainage problem and restore rail service to two city companies. But the contingencies on which that commitment ...

John G. Kneiling, by profession a consulting engineer, wrote Trains Magazine’s Professional Iconoclast column for many years. His column called out perceived problems with the rail industry and ...

Bowie — Two 1950s vintage locomotives pulled the dark green train at a sedate pace across a wooded Southern Maryland landscape punctuated by old farms and ponds sprouting lily pads. From an ...

WASHINGTON — Thirty years ago, an Amtrak bound for D.C. from Boston collided with a Conrail train that had crossed into its path in Baltimore County. Sixteen people were killed in the Chase, Maryland, ...

An Amtrak spokesman confirmed yesterday that tests on urine samples provided by the crews of both trains that collided Friday near Chase produced no evidence of alcohol or drug abuse. Spokesmen for ...