When train travel expanded into Illinois in the 1800s, it was the lowest ranking employees who laid the rails, which could weigh close to half a ton. To keep the trains running on time through the ...

A Niagara Falls man was arrested for allegedly tampering with a CSX railyard switch that handles hazardous chemicals. Find out why union officials are raising alarms ...

Former legislator and retired railroad worker Stan Blake says continuing rail layoffs, like the ones last week in Green River ...

An investigation into last year's spike in the number of deaths among track workers has concluded some federal workplace safety standards should be extended to railroads. A report approved Wednesday ...

Walter Thomas Bosscawan was born April 4, 1875, in Ontario, Canada, to Thomas and Maria Bosscawan. Thomas was a railroad engineer and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1882. Walter ...